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Previous model of spacecraft. the company has since sold 600 tickets at more than $200,000 each a cost thats likely to go up. so far fewer than 600 people have been to space. whether its bezos or branson, this first flight is sure todic -- kick off a new type of tourism, their own set of astronauts wings and bragging rights for life. rachel crane, cnn, new york. >> thanks to rachel. thanks to all of you. anderson starts now. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. senate republicans...

Spent seven people into space and made five new astronauts. we were the first of the spaes companies to get people up there. but we honestly dont see it as a race. >> reporter: branson tweeted his congratulations to bezos on their space flight plans. virgin galactic saying while they remain on track, they have not set an official launch date. both space companies have had successful test flights over the past decade. virgin galactic had a set back when a co-pilot was killed during a test flight ...

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>> i am. >> reporter: the flight goes 100 kilometers into space, allowing customers to have three minutes of weightlessness. while bezos is making the headlines now, virgin galactic is poised to be the first space commercial space line. looks like virgin wont be the first and blue origin might win that part of this race? >> i will point out weve sent seven people in into space and weve made five my astronauts. we were the first of the space companies to get people up there. but we honestly dont ...

Allison is joining us from brookfield. allison, welcome. how quickly has this variant spread? >> in missouri its spreading really fast and its spreading faster than other variations. it was first discovered in branson, missouri, thats about a four-hour drive and they discovered it in the waste water here in brookfield, missouri. they say it has been spreading ever since. listen here. >> since about the second week of may weve seen a very large increase in the prevalence of the delta variant or t...

Listen here. >> since about the second week of may we have seen a very large increase in prevalence of the delta variant or used to be called the india variant. the speed which is spreads is quite amazing. it spread really quickly through the state. with missouri, its amazing. we are not talking about one continuous city. this is lots of small individual communities, and like the u.k. variant had made it to every little nook and cranny of the state within a pretty short period of time. yeah, its...

Rates. hospitals in branson, theyre telling us theyre seeing more people hospitalized right now because of this variant. like dr. gupta said, they said the patients theyre seeing in the hospital because of covid-19 are a lot younger than they saw in previous months, and almost all the patients that are hospitalized right now in places like branson and this area, they are all unvaccinated. geoff? >> heidi, as we await president bidens remarks in about ten minutes from now, if hes running on time,...

But you heard her say there that despite people separating and isolating, entire families are still getting this virus if they are not vaccinated. they hope that people, particularly in this community and also statewide, because the total vaccination rate in this state is less than 40%, that people will realize how serious this variant is. this is already a serious virus, we knew that, but this variant is spreading really fast and its very dangerous and its hitting people who are unvaccinated. h...

Scientists at university break it down. not only can they detect if covid-19 is in a community through wastewater, they can also see which variants are prevalent and what they say not only is the delta variant prevalent in this state, but it is particularly prevalent and spreading really, really fast in small, rural communities where they have very low vaccination rates. listen here. >> with missouri, its amazing. were not talking about one continuous city, this is lots of small, individual comm...