The commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic is launching its first private astronauts into space in its second commercial spaceflight.
The craft, Galactic 02, is slated to launch at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The first commercial spaceflight consisted entirely of Italian air force personnel, so this flight will be the first group of astronauts not involved in the aerospace field to take flight.
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The mission will break a number of records, including the youngest person in space, the first mother-daughter duo, the first citizens of Antigua and the first women from the Caribbean, the first Olympian, and the second person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease to travel to space, according to the company.
