Music mogul Dallas Austin is set to fulfil a lifelong dream of space travel after booking a seat on one of Richard Branson's shuttle missions.
The record producer, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Madonna and TLC, has signed up to take a flight on Virgin Galactic, Branson's space tourism business - and he can't wait for lift-off.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, Austin writes, "Yes!! Just got my confirmation to travel to space in 2013 thanx (sic) to Richard Branson !! I'm gonna see Earth!!"