18-year-old Anastatia Mayers became the second-youngest person to reach space, taking part in Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 02 mission.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. made its first private astronaut spaceflight Thursday, taking the second-youngest person ever into space and the first mother-daughter duo.
They... Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. made its first private astronaut spaceflight Thursday, taking the second-youngest person ever into space and the first mother-daughter duo. They were joined by 80-year-old Jon Goodwin, an early Virgin Galactic ticket holder and Olympian. Goodwin, who competed as a canoeist for Great Britain at the 1972 Munich Olympics, is the first Olympian and the second person with Parkinson’s disease to go to space.Virgin Galactic’s stock rose 1.3% Thursday.
The Galactic 02 mission is Virgin Galactic’s second commercial spaceflight and seventh overall spaceflight.In June, Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 01 mission transported three crew members from the Italian air force and the National Research Council of Italy into space to conduct research on microgravity.
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