One of those who will get launched into space is former Olympian Jon Goodwin. The company is calling the first private astronaut mission on Thursday, Galactic 02. The trip will raise funds for Space for Humanity, a non-profit group which seeks to send ordinary citizens into space to give them a “grander perspective” on the challenges facing Earth. Earlier this year three Italian citizens were launched into low orbit.Īfter taking off at 4pm (BST) from New Mexico in the US, in the mothership VMS Eve, VSS Unity will separate and take them into sub-orbital space, where they will briefly experience weightlessness, while looking back at Earth. The trip is the firm's first tourism flight, but its second commercial trip.
Virgin Galactic's first space flight carrying tourists is scheduled to launch today, taking a former Olympian and a mother and daughter (who won their tickets) into space. Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight takes off today - meet the space tourists
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