Virgin Galactic unveiled the identifies of the three individuals that the space company will carry on its Galactic 02 mission next month: Keisha Schahaff, Anastatia Mayers and Jon Goodwin.
for non-profit Space for Humanity," per Branson’s company. That drawing, which Virgin Galactic said brought in $1.7 million for the organization, took place in 2021. The 80-year-old, who has been living with Parkinson’s disease, will make history as the first space-going Olympian, within 1972 under his belt, according to Virgin Galactic. The company said only one other person with Parkinson’s has traveled to space.
Beth Moses, the company’s chief astronaut instructor, will accompany the three private crewmembers on their trip roughly several hundred thousand feet above Earth in the VSS Unity. People react as the passenger rocket plane operated by Virgin Galactic takes off, during the company's first commercial flight to the edge of space, at the Spaceport America facility, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S., June 29, 2023.
"This flight highlights two of Virgin Galactic’s core aspirations — increasing access to space and inspiring people around the world," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said Monday.
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