The space plane "Unity" travelled 54 miles above Earth, providing a great view and a few minutes of weightlessness. Virgin Galactic hide caption
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Richard Branson, seen here in 2019, will head to space on his company Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 mission. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic. Branson announced Thursday that he plans to fly into space this month on the next test flight of his Virgin Galactic rocket ship. The launch window will open July 11. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket plane SpaceShipTwo returns after a test flight in California on Dec. 13, 2018. Billionaire Richard Branson is partnering with a group of investors to take his space tourism company public. Gene Blevins/Reuters hide caption
Observers watch Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo take off for a suborbital test flight of the VSS Unity in Mojave, Calif. The company marked a major milestone Thursday as Unity made it to a peak height of more than 51 miles, meeting the Federal Aviation Administration's definition of spaceflight. Gene Blevins/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson speaks at the Grey Goose Vodka and Virgin Galactic global partnership event on Sept. 22 in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Two bag tags that may soon be together a lot. Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption