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British billionaire Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, succeeded in space tourism for the first time. President Branson experienced microgravity for four minutes and returned to Earth in an hour.
Kwak Sang-eun is a reporter.
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At around 7:40 am western time on the 11th, Virgin Galactic's spaceship 'VSS Unity' is loaded onto the mothership and takes off into the sky.
After reaching an altitude of 88.5 km at a speed of Mach 3, Unity, separated from the mother ship, experienced a 'microgravity' state with almost no gravity for about 4 minutes, and landed safely in about an hour.
The star of this first space tour test flight is Richard Branson, a 70-year-old British billionaire and founder of Virgin Galactic.
[Richard Branson / Virgin Galactic founder: I looked up once each was a child dream, and now you are an adult looking to ride the ship overlooking the beautiful earth -
NASA NASA viewing altitude 80km or more on the basis of the universe , Branson became the person who succeeded in the first test flight in the space tourism market war called 'Star Wars of the millionaires'.
At the same time, it enjoyed the effect of promoting the 280 million won Virgin Galactic space tour ticket, which has already sold over 600 copies.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos is scheduled to go on a space tour with his younger brother on the 20th to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Also, in September, four ordinary people will be put on a spaceship to take on orbital flight around the earth.