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FILE - This Sept. 25, 2013 file photo shows British entrepreneur Richard Branson at the Virgin Galactic hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. NBC says it will air a competition show with an out-of-this-world prize: a ride into space. The network said Thursday, Oct. 3, that TV producer Mark Burnett is teaming with Richard Branson\'s Virgin Galactic on "Space Race," a game where the winner will get a ride on Virgin\'s aircraft atop the Earth\'s atmosphere. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

NBC, Virgin Galactic team for competition show where prize is trip in space

NEW YORK, N.Y. – NBC says it will air a competition show with an out-of-this-world prize: a ride into space.

The network said Thursday that TV producer Mark Burnett is teaming with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic on “Space Race,” a game where the winner will get a ride on Virgin’s aircraft atop the Earth’s atmosphere.

Virgin has been testing its rocket-powered space vehicle with the goal of taking paid customers into space. Virgin said the plan is for Branson and his children to be the first civilians to take a ride sometime next year.

Burnett produces “The Voice” on NBC and “Survivor” on CBS.

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