Space race over: NBC to televise Branson’s flight
British entrepreneur Richard Branson at the Virgin Galactic hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. NBC announced Friday, Nov. 8, it has signed a deal with Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic to televise the companys first commercial space flight. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
NEW YORK — NBC has won the television space race.
The network announced Friday it has signed a deal with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to televise the company’s first commercial space flight. Branson and his two adult children, Holly and Sam, will be the first private passengers to travel into space next year through his company. The launch will be part of a three-hour special “Today” show.
NBC’s Peacock Productions unit also will offer programming leading up to the flight across the company’s other outlets, including CNBC, MSNBC, SyFy and The Weather Channel.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo will leave from the company’s terminal in New Mexico.
