Virgin Galactic launches second commercial spaceflight
The 'VSS Unity' carried the first mother-daughter astronaut duo and first former Olympian to suborbital space.
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The 'VSS Unity' carried the first mother-daughter astronaut duo and first former Olympian to suborbital space.
Virgin Galactic02 crew members, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff and Anastasia Mayers. (Virgin Galactic)(NEW YORK) -- Virgin Galactic is launching its first mission carrying paying customers on Thursday just weeks after the company's first flight in June. Galactic 02 will launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 9:00 a.m. MST (11:00 a.m. EST), which will be livestreamed. The spaceflight company, founded by British businessman Richard Branson, will have six people on board, with three of them being regular civilians. The mission will also make history with the first Olympian in space as well ...
The flight window opens Thursday at 11 a.m. ET and is set to lift off from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert for a ride to the edge of space
Virgin Galactic is finally taking its first space tourists on a rocket ship ride after years of delays
Virgin Galactic took its first space tourists on a long-delayed rocket ship ride, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a...