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The ground of the mother ship, and were about to see the space plane take off. so, rachel, 40 seconds to go. they are pretty confident they can actually launch and move to this key moment. you said that for a few seconds, this plane is going to be in freefall, right? >> reporter: thats right, brian. and that is that moment when everyone sort of holds their breath. is this rocket going to ignite? is this thing going to touch the edge of space? i want to point out that because this is a test fligh...

Speed that when you shut off the engines, it just falls back to earth. but its going so fast sideways -- >> like 20,000 miles an hour. >> 18,000 miles an hour sideways, but its going so fast that as it falls to earth, earths curvature means its not getting closer to earth. this is the remarkable thing about an orbit. isaac newton first wrote this down back in 1687. so restaurants are in freefall towards earth but going so fast sideways theyll never collide with earth. thats called an orbit. astr...

0k! we reached the tiny ledge overlooking the last 70 metres and prepare for our descent. what a view! oh, my gosh, its amazing! woo hoo! ok. here we go. were so close. this is amazing! so far, so good. but halfway down, im in for a shock. slightly unnerving were going to lose the rock now and go into freefall. ah! i can do this. ah, yep, this is good.

Dl dream of reaching space. and richard branson becoming the first of the billionaire space barons as he approaches space. you must wonder what hes feeling as he approaches those few moments of weightlessness. >> more than 2,000 miles per hour. put that into perspective for us. >> reporter: the amount of g-forces they must feel. you saw that moment of freefall and the second that rocket engine ignites. those rocket engines are pushed back, and they are literally pressed down with all of those g-...

K colglazier came outside to tell everyone this historic space flight is soon to take off in 10 or 15 minutes. theyre set to start their livestream of the event. of course there is an event of the event in typical branson style. there will also be a musical performance. certainly, i have to tell you the energy surrounding me, it just went up about seven notches, everybody knowing this space flight is about to take off. i want to remind the viewers what theyre going to see in a couple minutes. vs...

Were just a few minutes away from that critical moment when vss unity will be released from mother ship eve and it will be in freefall for a few seconds. thats when the rocket motor will ignite, blasting this spaceship up to the very edge of space and the passengers will experience about 3gs of air. were getting a different image of richard branson inside vss unity. that rocket burn will happen for about 60 seconds, and thats when the spaceship will finally touch the edge of space. it will pass ...

Flight, it certainly looks flawless, but we now know we have the official confirmation from the virgin galactic team that it was indeed a textbook test flight. this space plane, spaceship 2, it returned in pristine condition, no issues whatsoever after taking off from space port america in truth or consequences new mexico, a little over two hours ago and took off from the runway behind me, attached to the belly of the mother ship, eve. once it got to the proper altitude, it dropped. the astronau...

Pilot. thats what they train pilots all the time, fly the plane. do the mission in front of you right now. how do you feel right now, peter? in 1994, you set about to witness this day. how do you feel? >> so, i feel great. and i think that weve done enough testing on these ships that i expect safety. and i told richard, im happy to be his stand-in on this flight if he wanted me to. so were going to be seeing like five different phases of flight. the first phase of flight right now the next 5 to ...

So far, so good. but halfway down, im in for a shock. slightly unnerving were going to lose the rock now and go into freefall. ah! i can do this. ah, yep, this is good. without the rock face, im literally hanging. it is hard work on my hands. basically, this rope is holding my body weight. im having to. this way of coming down is faster and scarier, but a lot more exciting. we reach the last part of the descent, and im so relieved to finally get to the bottom.

By the events that have taken place in metropolitan areas. laura: thank you for your story. here is a question. communities most at risk want to defund the police, on the last summers blm riots dallas found 81% of black americans wanted police to spend the same amount of or more time in their neighborhood. doctor ben carson of the american institute, doctor carson, these racial radicals are signaling to someone out there thinking they are connecting with someone on this message of defund the pol...