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Virgin Galactic space flight has opened a new chapter in the story of aviation | World News
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It is just 120 years since the Wright brothers strapped themselves to a rickety powered glider and flew all of 36 metres. Now flying is so routine we barely give it a thought. But Virgin Galactic has opened a new chapter in the story of aviation, taking its first tourists into space in a plane…
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Virgin Galactic takes first tourists to edge of space | Science & Tech News
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Virgin Galactic has taken its first tourists to the edge of space. The company, founded by Sir Richard Branson, took an 80-year-old former Olympian and a mother and daughter about 55 miles (88km) above Earth where the passengers experienced zero gravity during the flight which lasted just more than an hour. See live updates on…
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Virgin Galactic completes its first commercial flight into space | Science & Tech News
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Virgin Galactic has completed its first commercial flight into space. Galactic 01 carried a crew of six on its roughly 90-minute flight to the edge of space. A rocket was released from a plane at around 50,000ft, its engine then ignited and sent it in a near-vertical climb to around 50 miles above the Earth.…