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https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/virgin-galactic-test-flight-aims-edge-space-ncna947191
Tickets for a seat on the spaceplane are going for $250,000 each.
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity soared into space Thursday and reached an altitude of more than 270,000 feet — past the 50-mile mark the U.S. government uses to define the edge of space.
The Unity's fourth test flight began Thursday morning at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The spaceplane was attached to its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, before being released.
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Founder Richard Branson has promised to start taking paying customers into space by the end of 2018, a goal that may not be realistic.
Tickets for a seat on the spaceplane are going for $250,000 each.
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity soared into space Thursday and reached an altitude of more than 270,000 feet — past the 50-mile mark the U.S. government uses to define the edge of space.
The Unity's fourth test flight began Thursday morning at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The spaceplane was attached to its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, before being released.
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Founder Richard Branson has promised to start taking paying customers into space by the end of 2018, a goal that may not be realistic.