Branson flies to edge of space on SpaceShipTwo

SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. -- Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and five other people flew to the edge of space on the company's SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle July 11, the culmination of an effort that started nearly 17 years ago. The SpaceShipTwo vehicle, named VSS Unity, took off from Spaceport America in the southern New Mexican desert […] SpaceNews