Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson flying own rocket to space
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — After a lifetime of yearning to fly in space, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson was poised to blast off aboard his own rocket ship Sunday in his boldest, grandest adventure yet. The thrill-seeking billionaire joined five company employees also assigned to the test flight to the edge of space high above the southern desert of New Mexico. The trip originally was scheduled for 9 a.m. ET Sunday, but it was pushed back to 10:30 a.m. because overnight weather delayed the start of flight preparations,…