One of the biggest days in history is here, and the first flight for a paying space tourist has gone into space. Who are the VSS Unity crew? And who are the three tourist among them?
The Galactic 02 mission will send a crew of six into orbit - including three tourists - aboard the VSS Unity spaceplane when it blasts off from New Mexico this afternoon.
Virgin Galactic the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson is preparing to launch its first space tourists to the edge of the cosmos.
Former British Olympian Jon Goodwin has become the first paying customer to ever fly to space aboard a flight chartered by Sir Richard Branson s firm Virgin Galactic.