Space Pride: Richard Branson Honors Pulse Victims with Pride Flag on First Commercial Space Flight

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The “Billionaire Space Race” brought a bit of space Pride to the party Saturday thanks to Virgin Galactic owner Sir Richard Branson. The 70-year-old billionaire completed the first commercial space flight on Saturday, and, though he didn’t bring a camera along, he have a Pride flag onboard in honor of the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Richard Branson
Richard Branson

In a pre-flight interview with Mail on Sunday, Branson said that he choose to bring a Pride flag along for the ride after “Somebody who lost a loved one at the Orlando massacre asked if I would do that.” He continued, “We also have many, many friends who are gay and I know people who lost friends there.”

The Virgin Galactic flight came one month after the site of Pulse nightclub was designated as a National Memorial just after the fifth anniversary of the shooting. 49 people lost their lives in the 2016 attack and dozens more were injured.

Branson has previously…

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