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In a historic milestone for commercial spaceflight, Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity launched from New Mexico's Spaceport America Sunday.
With one final countdown, the VSS Unity made history, launching into space as Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed spaceflight.
Onboard, two pilots and four mission specialists—including founder Richard Branson who addressed the public from space.
“I was once a child with a dream, looking up to the stars. Now, I'm an adult in a spaceship with lots of other wonderful adults looking down to a beautiful, beautiful earth,” Branson said. “To the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do.”