Richard Branson flies to space with India-born Sirisha Bandla on Virgin Galactic flight

British billionaire Richard Branson, along with India-born Sirisha Bandla, took flight to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight on Sunday.  

A billionaire, philanthropist, business tycoon, who is friends with former US President Barack Obama, has close ties to the British royal family, Sir Richard Branson has everything that one could imagine and 17 years ago he dreamed of becoming a space traveller. On July 11, 2021, Branson became an astronaut ushering in a new era of private space tourism. Welcome to the dawn of a new space age #Unity22 @virgingalactic pic.twitter.com/Rlim1UGMkx Branson boarded his company Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight from the Mojave desert in New Mexico and propelled into suborbital space where he enjoyed over three minutes of weightlessness in microgravity. He was accompanied by India-born Sirisha Bandla and four other passengers.