https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-virgingalactic/billionaire-branson-soars-to-space-aboard-virgin-galactic-flight-idUSKBN2EH04I >British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to space, a symbolic milestone for a venture he started 17 years ago.