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Virgin launches founder Richard Branson into space - and brings him back

Virgin Galactic's VMS Eve carries the VSS Unity on takeoff from Spaceport Americ

Virgin Galactic's VMS Eve carries the VSS Unity on takeoff from Spaceport America Source: Getty Images

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British billionaire Richard Branson has soared almost 90 kilometres above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and returned safely.

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