https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-virgingalactic/virgin-galactics-branson-takes-off-for-high-altitude-launch-into-space-idUSKBN2EH04I >A twin-fuselage jet took off on Sunday carrying a Virgin Galactic rocket plane primed to soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert with British billionaire Richard Branson aboard in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to space.