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Decades in the making. tell me, how do you feel? >> well, i managed to avoid getting excited for 17 years since we started building spaceships and mother ships and space ports and all these things. i finally got the call from our chief engineer saying every single box had been checked on the safety aspect and that would i like to go to space. and i hit the roof. i was so excited. >> reporter: the virgin galactic rocket powered space plane is set to take off sunday from new mexico. the mother shi...

Flight path. the best way to describe it for the laymen is being on a rollercoaster at six flags. you have a steep climb and come over and going straight down. what does it feel like for the people on board? >> reporter: so its that curve at the top youll experience the 3 to 4 minutes of weightlessness. ive had the experience, to, in fact, do a weightless flight in which you get 20 seconds of weightlessness, more or less. its going to be 3 to 4 minutes and each of the astronauts have been assign...

Accelerated up into space. at the very top, they reached the very edge of space and experienced those precious few minutes of weightlessness which is when sir richard branson achieved his lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut. two other mission specialists also became astronauts as well. the other three creigh members had already flown to the edge of space. then we saw that flawless descent. virgin galactic had an accident back in 2017 because the feathering system was deployed too early. it l...

Are you so excited to experience that? forjust under four minutes, they experienced weightlessness and enjoyed a view of planet earth that only astronauts can dream of. well, ive done some ridiculous things in my lifetime. really, really, really ridiculous. but ijust cant wait for... ..one day to experience this. its the experience of a lifetime. and touchdown. safely back on earth after a 90—minute flight. critics call this a billionaires joyride, harmfulto the planet — sir richard says he ...

Heard, you, you know, 3g across your chest. then youre at the top. you have about 3 to 4 minutes where youre weightless. yes times you may feel bad but youre so excited to be able to experience this weightlessness. people are going to put it out of their minds. you know, i think youre going to be looking a out the window and trying to do what you do and their training comes into play, even if you make a train for a shorter period of time, im sure that theyll know what is going on and what is hap...

And then the astronauts ss experienced a few seconds of free fall before they ignited the engine and it blasted in to space. and a near vertical climb to the very edge of space. and we got official confirmation from the team that they reached 53.3 miles just over the 5 m0 34mile threshold. but dont tell that to jeff brazos which they will take it a little further. so once the injury again galactic team got to the edge of space, they got those few minutes of weightlessness, we could see them floa...

Fortnight. that space station for a fortnight. that ceased in 2009, there was nothing through 2010, but now there is a whole series of adventures —— ventures are starting off, jeff bizos, has started one, the founder of amazon, he has a rocket and capsule system, this system youre looking at is launched from a carrier plane, jeff bezos has a rocket on the ground that sends you straight up, the capsule comes off the top, and its ready tojust straight up, the capsule comes off the top, and its...

These things. and i finally got the call from chief engineer saying that every single box had been ticked on the safety aspect. and that i was -- um -- um -- would i like to go to space? and i hit -- i hit the roof, i was so excited. >> reporter: the virgin galactic rocket-powered space plane is set to take off tomorrow from new mexico. the mother ship will release the spaceship at around 40,000 feet. the rocket will ignite. and take branson, two pilots, and three others, on a 2,400-mile-per-hou...

I know some people are just tired of hearing about these billionaires, these rich people, they love these rockets and going into space. but i cant stress this enough, this is ultimately about opening up space to everyone. and one of the things im really looking forward to hearing is how richard branson and his fellow crew mates, how they describe what they experienced, those minutes of weightlessness and seeing the earth. because every astronaut that comes back talks about what a transformative ...

Along with two pilots and three other virgin galactic employees, were transported to the spaceship unity tethered to the mothership eve. then take—off. this is the moment hes been waiting for. after more than 16 years, and hundreds of millions of pounds, sir richard branson is now on his way to space. thats so cool. so you can see the moment when they release right there... forjust under four minutes, they experienced weightlessness and enjoyed a view of planet earth that only astronauts can d...