The Virgin brand, including Branson's airline and former record label, has long been associated with exploits of derring-do by its flamboyant founder. Branson set a new record for the fastest boat crossing of the Atlantic in 1986, a year after his initial attempt ended with a Royal Air Force helicopter rescue when his vessel capsized. SPACE SAFETY: Made from BPA-free, non-toxic ABS plastic, the ship is designed with rounded corners and a convenient carrying handle for easy space transport. 2 AA batteries are included. New Shepard will take Bezos and five others, including his brother, Mark, and pilot Wally Funk, who was denied the job of astronaut in the 1960s because she was a woman, roughly 62 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Astro Venture is a brand in the play figure playsets industry, offering a wide range of play figure playsets and kids' play spaceships to its customers. Branson set a new record for the fastest boat crossing of the Atlantic ocean in 1986 and in 1987 made a record-breaking Atlantic crossing by hot-air balloon, both times having to be rescued from the sea. SAFE AND DURABLE: This space shipment toy is made of high-quality abs material, it is durable and provides kids with long-lasting fun.

Branson, 70, arrived at the spaceport on a bicycle on Sunday morning and greeting his crewmates with a hug. He is flying with two pilots and three other passengers, and a live broadcast of the flight is being hosted from terra firma by comedian Stephen Colbert.

The three other mission specialists are Beth Moses, the company's chief astronaut instructor; Virgin Galactic's lead operations engineer Colin Bennett; and Sirisha Bandla, a research operations and government affairs vice president. Branson, 70, insists there is plenty of demand from wealthy would-be citizen astronauts to go around, and that he had no intention of trying to upstage Bezos. SPRAY EXHAUST FUNCTION: The space shuttle toys comes with auditory and visual effects that can bring children complete experience and start exploration of the universe. The tail fin of the aircraft can be removed to fill with water, then push the start button can spray the exhaust, accompanied by sound effects . It can develop your child's curiosity about the universe. We found that most of the Astro Venture products are manufactured by Play Mind, PlayMind, and Playmind. The manufacturers provide Astro Venture with a steady supply of products, and they have a good cooperative relationship with each other.

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For 96% of the world’s population, space begins 100km up at the internationally recognized Kármán line.” Assuming the mission goes well, Virgin has said it plans two further test flights of the spaceplane before beginning commercial service next year. It's honestly not a race," Branson told Reuters in an interview earlier this week. "If it's a race, it's a race to produce wonderful spaceships that can make many more people be able to access space. And I think that's both of our aims."

I would love for Jeff to come and see our flight off … I would love to go and watch him go in his flight, and I think both of us will wish each other well,” he continued. However, US space agency Nasa says the boundary is 50 miles, or 80 km, above sea level, with pilots, mission specialists and civilians who cross this boundary officially deemed astronauts. If they succeed, their ventures will be taken more seriously," Caceres said. "There's plenty of multimillionaires in the world that would like to go up on an adventure, so long as they see it as relatively safe." Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, along with fellow billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are competing head-to-head in the emerging business of space tourism, though Musk has a big head start.

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PLAY AND EXPLORE: With 2 astronauts and a space vehicle, your budding space explorers will be able to let their imagination run wild while discovering all the strange things about the planets they land on. SpaceX, which plans to send its first all-civilian crew (without Musk) into orbit in September, has already launched numerous cargo payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station. Aeronatics standard setter Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the Switzerland-based world body, defines the Kármán line as the altitude of 100km (62 miles; 330,000 feet) above Earth’s mean sea level, as do several other organizations. The three other passengers with Branson are Beth Moses, the company’s chief astronaut instructor, Virgin Galactic’s lead operations engineer Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla, a research operations and government affairs vice-president. SPACE VENTURE TOY SET: Astro venture space toy set include space shuttle toys with 3 astronauts figure,spray exhaust,lunar car. The spaceship toy can let kids to explore space and learn more about space system.