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Richard Branson to join 'Unity 22' crew on Virgin Galactic test flight [i]Billionaire Richard Branson will become "Astronaut 001" aboard Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed test flight of its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, set to lift off this month. The space tourism company on Thursday (July 1) announced the long-expected news that Branson, who founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, would join the next flight of its SpaceShipTwo "Unity," flying with two pilots and three mission specialists. Branson's role leading up and through the flight test will be to evaluate the private astronaut experience.[/i]
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