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- Virgin Galactic launched three passengers to space in its inaugural space tourism flight.
- Keisha Schahaff, 46, and her daughter, Anastatia Mayers, 18, joined 80-year-old Jon Goodwin on the flight.
- Goodwin became the second person with Parkinson’s to travel to space. He bought the ticket 18 years ago.
Keisha Schahaff, 46, and her daughter, Anastatia Mayers, 18, who is studying physics and philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, were joined by an 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease.
The mothership VMS Eve took off from New Mexico on Thursday.
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As soon as they unbuckled, all three passengers were keen to get a view out of the nearest window, watching Earth drop away as they continued to ascend. They then returned to their seats and strapped themselves back in ahead of the return journey.
If all goes well, Richard Branson’s company will begin offering monthly trips to customers on its winged space plane, joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism business.
