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And tomorrow, listen, this could happen. branson set to head to the edge of space on the supersonic space plane built by his company virgin galactic. and branson says he cannot wait. >> yeah, never been more excited in my life. and the wonderful team coming up with me are equally set. >> if all goes as plans, branson is going to become the first founder of a space company to get there in a vehicle that he helped to fund beating former amazon be ceo jeff bezos by nine days. cnns rachel crane is l...

Like between chocolate and cheese. we dont see ourselves as a direct competitor. >> reporter: while bezos flight is after branson his rocket system will go even higher, the altitude internationally recognized to be the demarcation in space. his company taking a shot at bransons trip tweeting their rocket was designed to fly above the carmen line so none of our astronauts has an asterisk next to their name. >> if you fly 50 miles or 62 miles youre in space. you wont notice the difference between ...

British billionaire richard branson takts off on his virgin galactic flight and hes showcasing his final preps as he prepares to blast off to 50 miles above sea level. >> i can think of a billion reasons why not. branson hopes to beat jeff bezos who is set to take his voyage is just a couple of weeks. as we await bransons trip bezoss blue origin has been taking hits at branson, suggesting he is not actually going to space. joining us right now is space.com managing editor tarik malik. bransons t...

Humans to do. so if you want to sort of put it in perspective, its new because like private people are doing it. couple of billionaires. thats kind of new and interesting and novel. but the idea that youll send someone suborbital, weve done that before. i rather ultimately they got together and said lets send somebody to mars, go somewhere, put a destination on the docket. >> right. maybe have branson walk on the moon. maybe he could try that next. we know branson has never shied away from risks...

Direct kpeter >> while bases poss flight will be after branson. his will go higher past the karman line, the altitude internationally recognized to be the demarcation in space. his company blue origin taking a shot at bransons trip, tweeting their rocket was designed to fly above the karman line. none of ours have a asterisk after their name. >> if you fly 52 miles. 62 miles youre in space. you dont notice the difference in the distances. any touch space and come back down. >> both companies hav...

In charlottesville, virginia, two bronze statues of confederate generals have been removed. they were brought down today. the move comes four years after the unite the right rally in charlottesville organized by far-right groups to protest the removal of the statues. the rally resulted in violent clashes, including one death. the death toll in the surfside, florida, condo collapse now stands at 86. about 43 people remain unaccounted for. authorities say that more than 13 million pounds of conc...

To the edge of space aboard virgin galactics rocket powered plane sunday. if everything goes according to plan. the spacecraft vss unity will take off from an airplane runway attached beneath the wing of a massive mother ship. how does it work? it gets to about 50,000 feet. the mother ship will then release unity, the rocket engines fire up, send this craft up into space like the space shuttle used to work three times faster than the speed of sound. the trip would make branson the first billiona...

From new mexico, space port, okay. it feels weird but is it any weirder than the first people who heard the word airport. think about that. space port. airport. it could be as routine as what time does train leave or what time does the plane leave, what time does your rocket leave in the future. >> a step forward. neil, of course, we think you would be a fun person to go space with. youre not in space now. i feel my backdrop should have outer space behind me. that would make things even cooler. ...

Richard branson will be the first to blast off, but the rivalry far from over. nbc news correspondent tom costello met with branson ahead of tomorrows >> reporter: its the last place youd expect to find two billionaires. jeff bezos in the desert of west texas. sir richard branson, here. >> if you didnt know better youd think you really are in the middle of nowhere. >> well, you are in the middle of nowhere. you are in the middle of new mexico, which is sort of the middle of nowhere. >> reporter:...

Galactic and blue origin, or rather branson and bezos as outsiders pegged it virgin galactic and branson saying the accelerated time line for this test flight is the result of an updated the f.a. chl a. flight. allowing a seamless test flight allowing them to accelerate the time line and beating bezos as first crewed flight set for july 20th. but let me tell you, boris and christi, here on the ground, we are behind the gates at spaceport, america yesterday. its exciting. and a flurry of activity...