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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Jul 11, 2021 10:24 PM EDT Richard Branson, the thrill-seeking billionaire, has entered space on his own winged rocket ship, bringing Astro-tourism one step closer to reality. (Photo : PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson(L), with Sirisha Bandla on his shoulders, cheers with crew members after flying into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the "experience of a lifetime" -- and one he hopes will usher in an era of lucrative space tourism at Spaceport America Richard Branson Has Finally Rea...

Help usher in a new era of space tourism where regular folks like myself and you guys could one day travel to space and enjoy the beauty of weightlessness. i don't know about you, but i would love to get up there, but virgin galactic says they have two more test flights before they start their commercial operations expected for early 2022. that's when they hope to flying some 600 passengers that have paid around $200,000 a ticket to ride on this vehicle, and that's a price that they expect to go up before coming back down. laura, christine. >> i don't know about you, she says, that actually is...

I was so honored to test the customer experience. initially i thought testing the customer experience was a little bit of an excuse to get me on. it wasn't. it was great to get out there and test the customer experience. you get lists of little things and it's the details that matter. >> reporter: now we wait for sir richard branson's press conference. this successful flight paves the way for the company to begin commercial operations in early 2022. they already received their authorization and approval from the faa. two more test flights are scheduled. then those 600 to 700 customers that put...

He helped steer this company through some tough times. one of the very first things he did was trademark the name years ago, virgin galactic. he had a vision for what this company could be. in just a few months, now that it has -- the faa has authorized virgin galactic to begin commercial operations, virgin galactic has said, hey, after today's test flight, they're going to do two more test flights and then open this up to all of the paying customers in early 2022. so that's when -- keep in mind there are about 600 or 700 people who put down deposits for these seats which cost between 200 and ...

The moon back when he was a child, he bought that technology, and he thought maybe it would be five years before he's making his journey to space. as we can see, it's taken a lot longer than that. there's always delays, delays. as we saw even this morning, up to the last minute there is even weather delays, fareed. but everyone here on the ground getting very excited. they're blasting music behind me, picking up the energy for everybody here who has come from all over the world to witness this historic space flight. in fact, one of the mission specialists on board, she's an indian american, he...