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SEVIERVILLE — A former resident at Smoky Mountain Children’s Home will return to share his story during a presentation 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10.

Bioastronautics researcher Kellie Gerardi envisions a future when space is open to all.

The latest trip of Virgin Galactic's Unity 2 aircraft sent two scientists to suborbital space to perform experiments in microgravity.

The space researcher, who conducted three groundbreaking experiments in fluid dynamics and biomedical research was a crewmember on Virgin Galactic’s fifth commercial spaceflight, Galactic 05.

Virgin Galactic launch minted three new astronauts.

The SwRI's Alan Stern and two other paying passengers joined a Virgin Galactic crew for a short suborbital hop on Nov. 2.

On Thursday, Virgin Galactic's Galactic 05 mission carried planetary scientist Alan Stern and researcher Kellie Gerardi to suborbital space for the first time.

A pair of well-known scientists are flying on Virgin Galactic's fifth commercial mission, Galactic 05. The company's VSS Unity spaceplane and VMS Eve carrier aircraft are set to take off Thursday morning (Nov. 2).

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) shares are trading higher on Thursday. The company announced the completion of its sixth successful spaceflight in six months.

Galactic 05 was Virgin Galactic’s sixth spaceflight in six months