<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson" id="mwAaE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a> becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic" id="mwAaI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virgin Galactic">Virgin Galactic</a> spacecraft.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_11#cite_note-9" id="mwAaM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaQ">[9]</span></a></sup>
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