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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...

Its a moment that gives you goosebumps. we as reporters have moments that we put in the memory book forever that we hold onto for the rest of our lives. this is one of them for me. >> and my kids are watching, your kitds are watching, and ths will one day be normal. rachel, the notion of a space plane, a spaceport, all this language. this is going to become common language probably sooner rather than later. is that fair to say? >> reporter: thats right. i also want to point out, you talked about...

His team a safe and successful flight. bransons mission starts in a bit more than five hours from now. the billionaire will take off in a space plane built by his company, virgin galactic. if he is successful, branson will beat bezos, who plans to soar into space in his blue origin rocket by nine days. cnns rachel crane talked to the soon to be space traveler about his out-of-this-world event and the risk involved. >> reporter: the countdown is on. and in just hours, entrepreneur richard branson...

Of safety is more than weve ever seen with the emergency use authorization, so these vaccines are as good as officially approved with all the is dotted and ts crossed. it hasnt been done yet because the fda has to do certain things. but its as good as done. so people should really understand that. but they are waiting now until you get an official approval before. and i think when you do see the official approval, youll see a lot more mandates. >> dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much. appreciate...

That number way, way down. the question is can they? >> miles, over to you, rachel will interview branson later today. branson will have a press conference. what do you want to know from richard branson today? >> i want to know what that experience was like for him. one of the things that occurs to me is theres so much to take in in such a little amount of time. a few seconds of free fall essentially. youve got the curvature of the earth, the bright, brilliant colors you see from space, the dark...

Coming. nearly two decades in the making. the rocket-powered space plane will fly from new mexico to the edge of space at 2,400 miles an hour. in a video just released this morning branson says he hopes it will usher in a new era of space tourism. >> my mission statement is to turn the dream of space travel into a reality for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren, for everyone. >> today in fact that was what he just released this morning, so you probably havent seen until now. they are gettin...

Richard branson out on the flight line. the delay was a wind delay. eve has unity, which is going to be the space plane thats going to take sir richard branson, his three colleagues and two pilots into a suborbital space. the winds were too high. they couldnt get that first aircraft as we enjoyed the slow motion walking from richard branson as we filibuster till launch. the winds were too high. they have to fuel it in the morning. again, according to tom costello, they think thats the only delay...

Of that in the colonial pipeline attack a few months ac. so these are all steps that the biden administration is considering or trying to take. some of them will probably require acts of congress. >> yeah. david, me tany time you want to send me cryptocurrency t id be happy. i prefer doge coin, but either way. >> thank you so much. >> great to be with you. >> we have to split that, you know, boris. so the watch of virgin galactics space plane, its been delayed 90 minutes because of weather. it...

Incredibly long runway, a runway for space travel in this remote new mexico desert. this is the end of one story for richard branson and the beginning of another, and not just for branson, but passengers on board as well. i love your point, miles. it lasts for a few minutes and you want to take it all in. are you able to, and are you able to really process it? at least hell have the video memories. miles, thank you so much for joining us for this. daniel tani, thank you as well. this, as richard...

Near perfect success. >> i think that that is a very accurate description. still trying to get his sea legs and richard branson usually quite eloquent but he apologized several times because he said having a hard time putting words together. and expressing exactly how magical the experience was, and he did use that word magical quite a few times. and this test flight, it certainly looked flawless, but we now know the official confirmation from the virgin galactic team that it was indeed a text b...