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Briefing
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- Successful Test Flight – Aerospace company Virgin Galactic successfully accomplished test flight in space when SpaceShipTwo reached 82 kilometers above Earth with pilots experiencing weightlessness and seeing curvature of planet on December 13, 2018
- Flight Details – WhiteKnightTwo passenger rocket plane, which carried SpaceShipTwo, took flight from Mojave test center in California, releasing SpaceShipTwo upon reaching 13.7 kilometers in altitude, and ended with SpaceShipTwo returning to California desert safely
- First Commercial Space Flight – Considered as first U.S. commercial human flight reaching past Earth’s atmosphere since U.S. shuttle program ended in 2011
- Space Tourism – Could pave way to bring tourists to space, where 90-minute flight could cost $250,000 per person
- Potential Customers – Almost 700 people, including actor Leonardo DiCaprio and pop star Justin Bieber, have paid or given their deposits to experience Virgin Galactic’s suborbital missions in future
- Next Flight – Next flight could take place in February 2019, depending on analysis of data from recent flight
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