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Justin Bieber to become an ASTRONAUT

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The pop superstar is the latest celebrity to join Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space mission along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher.

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Bieber along with his manager Scooter Braun have coughed up $250,000 to join the project.

Organiser Branson, tweeted: “Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there!”

Other celebs rumoured to be keen on donning their spacesuits include Brad and Angelina Jolie and Beyonce and Jay Z – who want to record the first music video in space.

The swish Virgin spaceship went through its first supersonic, flight in April.The successful test of the rocket-powered aircraft which took place in California, broke the speed of sound.

The programme wants to start taking passengers next year.

Aircrafts will go to the edge of space – and experience weightlessness for several minutes.

A statement on Virgin Galactic’s website says: “Virgin Galactic aims to make sub-orbital space accessible to anyone with a dream to view the Earth and experience microgravity.”

The Sun

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