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Virgin Galactic Launches Customers to Edge of Space

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A team of Italian researchers has reached the edge of space, flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane.

They launched Thursday morning from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, reaching a height of 279,000 feet.

Now, Virgin Galactic will be flying the first of hundreds of ticket holders, many who have been waiting years for their chance to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

Those commercial flights are expected to begin in August. Thursday's flight was a research mission, with the Italian crew performing microgravity experiments. That includes measuring how the body and cognitive abilities are affected by microgravity.

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