How to watch Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space launch and what time does it start?
The 12 - our new FREE email with all the news you need Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes, if Richard Branson has anything to do with it. The billionaire businessman has announced Virgin Galactics latest flight into space , alongside who will be on board and how you can watch. The latest mission will build on the companys previous spaceflight, which set off back in May. Focusing on the cabin and customer experiences, this trip will be the first with a full crew of six people , including Richard. Weve got the information. For the first time in its history, Virgin Galactic is offering fans the chance to see the spaceflight as it takes off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The global live-stream will be available on the Virgin Galactic website , as well as on their YouTube , Twitter and Facebook channels. A grand total of eight people are involved in the flight, with six being on VSS Unity, which will go into space, and two being on the carrier plane, VMS Eve. Richard Branson will be one of the crew on VSS Unity and his job is to look at the private astronaut experience, using his experiences to better the trip for future astronaut customers. Beth Moses is another one onboard VSS Unity. Shes the astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic, and will serve as the cabin lead and test director in space. She will also oversee the flight objectives. Colin Bennett is the lead operations engineer at Virgin Galactic and will also be on the VSS Unity flight. His main job is to examine the cabin equipment and procedures during the boost phase and weightless environment. Sirisha Bandla is the vice-president of government affairs and research operations at Virgin Galactic, and is also among the crew on VSS Unity. Her main job will be to look at the research experience, based on a test from the University of Florida. The pilots for VSS Unity will be Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci, while VMS Eve will be piloted by CJ Sturckow and Kelly Latimer. Virgin Galactic was founded in 2004 by Richard Branson and has had a set aim of getting people into space. The trips are currently allowing a small number of members of the public on, and interest can be registered by visiting the Virgin Galactic website. Tickets are thought to cost around 175,000, but Richard Branson wants that price to be slashed over the course of the next decade, to possibly as low as 30,000. A number of celebrities and wealthy business people are thought to have indicated an interest in flying aboard VSS Unity.