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-

Sir Richard Branson has signed on to be the co-pilot of Space Perspective’s first space balloon flight sometime next year, which could be the the 74-year-old billionaire adventurer’s eighth Guinness World Record.

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on tourism company Space Perspective's first crewed balloon flight, expected to occur in 2025.

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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