Hawking Helps Unveil Virgin Galactic Space Plane

Professor Stephen Hawking has said the world is "entering a new space age" as he helped unveil the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo. Sir Richard Branson's project to send passengers into space has been relaunched more than a year after a mid-air crash killed one pilot and left another seriously injured . He said: "A man with the vision and persistence to open up space flight for ordinary, earth-bound citizens, Richard Branson made it his mission to make space flight a reality for thos