Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight set to take off

📆 8/11/2023 4:06 AM
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WASHINGTON - The long-awaited, first civilian space tourism flight by Virgin Galactic was set for takeoff Thursday, carrying an 80-year-old ex-Olympian and a mother and daughter who won their tickets

in a sweepstakes.

The flight will be the culmination of a nearly two-decade-old promise by British billionaire Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, to bring tourists into space, giving them the chance to experience weightlessness and see the earth.The first at the end of June carried a group of senior Italian Air Force officers who had carried out several experiments on board, rather than civilians making the trip purely for pleasure.

The passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness at around 85 kilometers above sea level, before the spacecraft glides back to Earth.

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