Richard Branson to take family on space voyage

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Last Updated : Dec 13 2013 | 5:55 PM IST

Richard Branson has revealed that he will be taking his wife and kids into space on his Virgin Galactic rocket.

The 63-year-old business tycoon said thatnext year is going to be their space year and added that his family has already started their training, the Daily Express reported.

Branson also said that they will be taking people into space and it's going to happen very soon, and added that he wants to be one of those people who have seen Earth from the outer space.

The founder of Virgin group added that he has started doing zero-gravity and centrifuge tests to simulate being in space.

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First Published: Dec 13 2013 | 5:49 PM IST

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