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Dl dream of reaching space. and richard branson becoming the first of the billionaire space barons as he approaches space. you must wonder what he's 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-forces. when you hear about these soon-to-be astronauts, i should say, but when you hear about how ...

K colglazier came outside to tell everyone this historic space flight is soon to take off in 10 or 15 minutes. they're 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 they're going to see in a couple minutes. vss unity is this spaceship that richard branson and the pilots are currently in. it's made into the...

Flight? >> well, you would expect that there might be some tweaking. they'll, of course, go over the ship very carefully, make sure it looks structurally sound and do other kinds of inspections, and they'll have to reload the rocket engine, of course, before the next flight. but it certainly looked like a textbook flight without any significant problems that came up at all. >> all right, this is what they said about this flight. >> everything looked perfect in real time. we have looked at the data, done our quick engineering walk around. normally we take it in the hangar to do that, but the qu...

Away at the same time that space ship 2 ignites its rockets. the rocket engine is a hybrid engine. it's burning a oxidizer down the center, down the center of a solid fuel, rubber. and it is a rough ride. that engine is nice, smooth rocket engine like leland experienced on the solid rocket boosters. it's going to be a rough ride. it's loud. it's got a lot of vibration and it's going to be firing for a couple minutes. at the same time that the pilots are pointing the nose of space ship 2 literally straight up at the sky to get as much altitude as possible. and when the engine shuts down after t...

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 astronauts experienced a few seconds of freefall before the pilots ignited the rocket engine and spaceship 2...