STORY: Virgin Galactic on Thursday flew three tourists to the edge of space aboard its air-launched VSS Unity spaceplane, a live stream showed, as the Richard Branson-founded company starts routine flights.
Passengers included 80-year-old Jon Goodwin, the second person with Parkinson's to go into space, as well as Omaze competition winners Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, the first mother-and-daughter duo to go to space.
The rocket-powered VSS Unity craft dropped from the carrier plane over New Mexico around 9:20 a.m. local time and blasted its four passengers, a company instructor and three tourists, to an altitude of roughly 55 miles (88.51 km).
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