Virgin Galactic flies its first astronauts to the edge of space, one step closer to space tourism

Virgin Atlantic Galactic completed its longest rocket-powered flight ever on Thursday, taking a step ahead in the nascent business of space tourism. Lifted by the jet-powered mothership Eve, the spacecraft Unity took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert. Upon reaching an altitude above 40,000 feet, the carrier aircraft released Unity. The two-member crew (now Astronauts) then piloted the spacecraft in a roaring burn which lasted 60 seconds. The flight pushed Unity to a speed of Mach 2.9, nearly three times the speed of sound, as it screamed into a climb toward the Edge of #Space. Virgin Galactic flies its first astronauts to the edge of space, one step closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic completed its longest rocket-powered flight ever on Thursday, taking a step ahead in the nascent business of space tourism. https://cnb.cx/2UF2gyl

Virgin Galactic completed its longest rocket-powered flight ever on Thursday, taking a step ahead in the nascent business of space tourism.

from https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/12/13/virgin-galactic-flight-could-send-first-astronauts-to-edge-of-space.html in Darshan Bhambiru