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Novak djokovic. on sunday, djokovic goes for his sixth wimbledon title. he's a man motivated by numbers. if he beats matteo berrettini, it would be 20 grand slams, and that would bring him level with nadal and federer. the final preparations are underway ahead of sir richard branson�*s historic trip into space. the british billionaire and his virgin galactic crew will take off from a site in new mexico. if successful, he will beat amazon boss, jeff bezos, who's planning his own space launch in nine days time. tim allman has more. billionaire entrepreneurs heading into space are a bit like bu...

In less than 24 hours, richard branson is set to head into space on a rocket plane made by his own company, virgin galactic. if successful, he will beat his fellow billionaire, jeff bezos, to the final frontier by nine days. cnn's rachel crane has the latest on this new leg in the space race. >> reporter: the countdown is on. and in just hours, entrepreneur, richard branson, hopes to become the first person to ride a self-funded rocket into suborbital space. >> astronaut 001, richard branson. >> reporter: a launch, nearly-two decades in the making. tell me, how do you feel? >> um, well, i've m...

Off from new mexico — it was originally scheduled for 2pm uk time but has been delayed by an hour and a half because of the weather. it comes just nine days before another high—profile entrepreneur — the amazon founderjeff bezos — is planning his own space launch. tim allman has more. billionaire entrepreneurs heading into space are a bit like buses. you wait ages and then two come along almost at once. first up, sir richard branson and his unity rocket plane. taking off from a spaceport in new mexico, the virgin galactic crew should reach a high of 50 miles, 80 km, above the earth's s...

Harmful to the planet sir richard says he wants to protect. for the people here at the first purpose—built commercial spaceport on the planet, this passenger flight marks an historic moment in the long and continuing journey towards space tourism becoming a reality. sophie long, bbc news, spaceport america, new mexico. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos told us more about the mission. he had a lot of fun up there today. yes, he did. he started the day arriving at the spaceport and the new mexico desertjust as the sun was coming up and he prepared himself, died in that rocket plane. the ...

Billionaire entrepreneurs heading into space are a bit like buses, you wait ages and then two come along almost at once. first up, sir richard branson and his unity rocket plane. taking off from a space port in new mexico, the virgin galactic crew should reach a height of 50 miles, or 80 kilometres, above the earth's surface. according to nasa that is where the atmosphere ends, so sir richard will officially become an astronaut. i have always been a dreamer. my mum taught me to never give up and to reach for the stars. thisjuly, our dream will become a reality. and we're really excited to shar...