After Long Wait, First Virgin Galactic Space Tourists Finally Reach Space
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Three Virgin Galactic ticket holders who reserved seats as early as 2005 finally went to space on the company's third commercial spaceflight.
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The space plane VSS Unity launched from New Mexico, detached from its mothership at altitude, and reached over 50 miles high.
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Two pilots and an astronaut instructor were also aboard the roughly 90-minute suborbital flight.
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Virgin Galactic plans to fly tourists to space as often as once per month going forward.
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One passenger documented waiting nearly 20 years for his chance to fly to space after tragedy and setbacks for Virgin Galactic.