Virgin Galactic Carries Its First "Tourist" To Space
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Virgin Galactic's founder, Sir Richard Branson, has been hoping to make space tourism a reality since 2008. While it has taken a little longer than the 18 months he had originally estimated, the company is getting increasingly closer to accomplishing its mission. On December 13, 2018, Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceliner, VSS Unity, made history with the longest rocket-powered flight when it soared to the edge of space, 51.4 miles (82 km) above sea level. On February 22, 2019, the aircraft repeated the feat, this time with its first passenger – the company's astronaut trainer Beth Moses - on board.
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- adroit_avimimus3년 이상Oh a puppy! So awesome!
- spyder_113년 이상a cute puppy? that is not a tourist
- gold3nglare4년 이상Oh I thought the tourist would be like a cute puppy or something. Still cool though!
- hibobnowitall5년 이하Omg soo cool
- ty jose6년 이하i love it
- jeff6년 이하i love it
- athlete086년 이하it is awsome
- brookiebrownie6년 이상wow, that's sooo cool. I wish I was in that space ship. Like if you liked the heading photo.
- williaml88686년 이상it said they went up 56 miles, but space is 62 miles
- hnndncnxjkcvhv6년 이하No space is unlimited
- williaml88686년 이상he did not really go to space