http://www.newsweek.com/virgin-galactic-rocket-plane-carrying-richard-branson-crew-en-route-space-1608555 > The much-anticipated Virgin Galactic rocket plane carrying billionaire Richard Branson and his crew returned back to Earth after it launched into space Sunday morning. > For the first time, the Unity 22 mission (marking the 22nd test flight for the VSS Unity spaceplane) had full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists, including Branson. The crew included Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs and research operations at Virgin Galactic; Colin Bennett, lead operations engineer; Beth Moses, chief astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic; and Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci, the primary pilots.