Article by Social Share London – Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. The United Kingdom entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the United States in the vehicle that his company has been developing for 17 years. The trip was, he said, the “experience of a lifetime”. He returned safely to Earth just over an hour after leaving the ground. “I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid, but honestly nothing can prepare you for the view of Earth from space,” he said in a press conference following the flight. “The whole thing was just magical.”