Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is heading to the edge of the atmosphere -- in a space balloon.A company called Space Perspective says Branson will co-

Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, is set to return to his ballooning roots as co-pilot on the first crewed flight by Space Perspective, a Florida-based stratospheric ballooning company.

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will be aboard with the cofounders of Space Perspective when they do the first piloted test flight next year.

Sir Richard Branson is set to fly on the world’s first commercial stratospheric balloon and you can too but it will cost you – £95,000 to be precise. He will be one of three pilots who will float above the Earth’s atmosphere on Space Perspective’s maiden voyage in 2025.

Sir Richard Branson will co-pilot a hydrogen “space balloon” that will float a small group of high-paying passengers higher into the stratosphere than any commercial balloon has gone before — with the addition of cocktails and fine dining onboard.

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