Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo carries first passenger 55 MILES above Earth
The WhiteKnightTwo ‘mothership’ took off in the Mojave Desert around 4.00pm GMT (8.00am PT / 11am ET) Friday yesterday carrying SpaceShipTwo.
The supersonic space plane then separated to soar into the cloudless sky, accelerating to surpass Mach 3, three times the speed of sound.
At the boundary of space, the three SpaceShipTwo crew-members experienced the weightlessness of micro-gravity.
For, in addition to the two pilots, the flight also included a passenger for the first time.
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