Virgin Galactic Launches First Space Tourism Flight with Olympian, Mother-Daughter Duo
The Galactic 02 mission carried the first Caribbean women, the first Olympian, and the second-youngest person ever to reach space.
The Galactic 02 mission carried the first Caribbean women, the first Olympian, and the second-youngest person ever to reach space.
‘Galactic 02’ marks the space tourism firm’s second commercial flight with paying customers.
The company’s VMS Eve mothership and VSS Unity spacecraft took off Thursday morning from Spaceport America.
The crewed mission will clear the runway for commercial launch in June.