Virgin Galactic launched its first space tourism flight earlier Thursday.

<div class="block">Virgin Galactic launched its first space tourism flight earlier Thursday.</div>

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Virgin Galactic Launches Tourism Flight Into Space

Virgin galactic launched its first to flight into space just about an hour ago. Three passengers including a mother daughter duo and an 80 year old former Olympian were on the Virgin Galactic flight along with astronaut instructor Beth Moses. We have a clip from this remarkable take off. Take a look. Five 321 release release, release, ignition, good control. There's mach one. The pilots have started trimming for that turn towards space so cool. 46 year old Keisha Shaha and her 18 year old daughter, Anastasia Mayers won their tickets in a drawing in 2021 during a Virgin Atlantic flight from Antigua to London. And 80 year old John Goodwin bought his ticket 18 years ago for $250,000. By the way, the price for the ticket has gone up significantly. It's now $450,000. The flight took off from spaceport America in New Mexico.