Guwahati: Lawn Bowls player Tanya Choudhury and Mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa flash victory sign for the team India and Boxer Lovelina Borgohain for the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 during a programme at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, Saturday, July 17, 2021

The #Unity22 crew floating in zero gravity. Watch the flight at http://virgingalactic.com. @richardbranson

Billionaire Richard Branson has taken off for space. His Virgin Galactic plane is being carried by a twin-fuselage aircraft. The plan is to have it detach at about 8 miles up, fire its rocket engine and pierce the edge of space about 55 miles up.