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Virgin founder to co-pilot world's first balloon space flight


Space travel could soon look a whole lot different with US-based company Space Perspective set to launch the world's first balloon flight into the stratosphere. The flight will be co-piloted by Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, who told Today he jumped at the chance to join the project when he first heard about it.

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