Now he has joined with aviation designer Burt Rutan to form a new space travel company, Virgin Galactic.

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Sir Richard Branson is also expected to give an update on his Virgin Galactic space tourism plans.

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Richard, his wife, Joan, their two children and his parents were all planning to fly into space whenever Richard launches Virgin Galactic, his commercial space-flight venture.

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Among them are Xcor Aerospace Inc, which hopes to join Virgin Galactic in the space tourism business.

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