Sir Richard Branson Talks 50 Years Since Apollo 11 On His 69th Birthday

THURSDAY 18TH JULY 2019: To mark his love for Space, Sir Richard will join future astronauts at a birthday lunch at the Kennedy Space Center where friend and colleague, Stephen Attenborough, Chief Commercial Officer of Virgin Galactic will be presenting him with a one of a kind sculpture, entitled ‘On The Shoulders of Giants’.

The 2m by 2m metal sculpture, adorned in the same metal as makes up the spaceport in New Mexico - showcases the history of human flight, including the Apollo 11 moon landing.

On Sir Richard Branson’s birthday he takes a look back at the past and how the Apollo 11 moon landings inspired Virgin Galactic.

B Roll of the lunch and On The Shoulders of Giants sculpture presentation will be available free of charge and free from copyright restrictions from 17:00GMT on 18th July 2019 via https://www.image.net/virgingalactic.

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