Stephen Hawking to travel to space on board Virgin Galactic
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is the first-ever commercial service to space
WEB DESK (Dunya News) - Stephen Hawking is going to go to space as the cosmologist and physicist will leave the planet Earth on board Richard Branson s spaceship.
Stephen Hawking has confirmed during his recent interview that he has been offered a seat on Sir Richard Branson s Virgin Galactic which is the first-ever commercial service to space.
One of the renowned and intelligent physicists of the century told Good Morning Britain that he never dreamed that he would be able to go into space.
"I thought no one would take me," the physicist revealed. "But Richard Branson has offered me a seat on Virgin Galactic and I said yes immediately".
Hawking expressed that the trip would fulfill a lifelong dream.
"My three children have brought me great joy and I can tell you what will make me happy – to travel in space," he said.
Richard Branson s spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic, is hopeful to soon carry people into space on commercial missions.
