Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson has hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship, beating fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos by nine days.

具传奇色彩的企业家理查德·布兰森搭乘自已的带翼火箭飞船飞向太空，比同为亿万富翁的杰夫·贝索斯提前9天进入太空。