Branson To Join Space Perspective Founders For First Crewed Flight

Credit: Space Perspective
Following his July 2021 suborbital flight aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plans a near-space ride as co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed balloon flight into the stratosphere, targeted for 2025. “Some of the most magnificent experiences of my life...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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