Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Space Flight Set for Launch
The launch should be pretty spectacular. Unity will get a boost of sorts ... it will be attached to a specially designed airplane that takes off traditionally from a runway, and carries Unity about 9 miles up. At that point, Unity will separate from the plane and fire rocket engines to reach an altitude of 55 miles!will pilot Unity through the mission, while Branson and 3 other Virgin Galactic employees evaluate the weightless experience ...
which is expected to last only about 5 minutes. After that, the ship returns to Earth, much like NASA's space shuttles -- gliding to a runway landing.Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 with the intent of leading so-called space tourism. The idea is to start taking paying passengers up to experience zero gravity while getting to see Earth from the edge of space.to perform once the crew lands safely. Grab your coffee and a muffin ...
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