Virgin today announced the first passenger flights into space. Sir Richard Branson's company hopes to offer trips in the Virgin Galactic spacecraft within 18 months.
Each two-hour flight will cost £110,000, take passengers 62 miles above the earth's surface and include up to 10 minutes of weightlessness.
Virgin says it has signed a £14million deal with the makers of American SpaceShipOne, which this year became the first private spacecraft. Virgin Galactic, a company set up to run the space tourism business, will begin building two craft based on the SpaceShipOne design next year.
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