Virgin Galactic rockets its first tourist passengers into space

Virgin Galactic launched its first civilian passaengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade program for commercial space tourism, the company said. The three passengers — Jon Goodwin, 80; Keisha Schahaff, 46; and her daughter Anastatia Mayers, 18 — pushed above 80 kilometers (50 miles) in altitude, the level marking […]

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