but news he received that same year made him think he might. jon was diagnosed with parkinson s disease, which damages parts of the brain, and its progression is impossible to predict. i was pretty convinced that they were going to turn round to me and say, you re not able to go. but they have been fantastic. the fact that i can defy my parkinson s. three years ago, i climbed kilimanjaro and cycled down, just to prove that it wasn t going to get me. and this is the same thing. you re going to space despite the parkinson s. and sojon is now finally preparing to board the spaceship unity. he ll bejoined on his mission by keisha schahaff from antigua and her daughter, ana mayers, who studies in aberdeen. they ll be the first mother and daughter to travel together to space. such an interesting man. he is one of the most incredible people i ve ever met. he s such a daredevil.
going to space despite the parkinson s. and sojon is now finally preparing to board the spaceship unity. he ll bejoined on his mission by keisha schahaff from antigua and her daughter, ana mayers, who studies in aberdeen. they ll be the first mother and daughter to travel together to space. such an interesting man. he is one of the most incredible people i ve ever met. he s such a daredevil. this guy lives. as we re enter the atmosphere, it creates a very loud noise. - the three have undergone four days of training at spaceport america. the pilots who will be in control, much more. so this is the flight simulator where the pilots do the vast majority of their on the ground training, and they ll actually come in here hours before the actual mission itself and do one last flight profile with all the latest data to hand. at the moment, conditions look perfect. all three hope their adventure will be an inspiration to others to reach beyond what they think is possible.
and this is the same thing. you re going to space despite the parkinson s. and sojon is now finally preparing to board the spaceship unity. he ll bejoined on his mission by keisha schahaff from antigua and her daughter, ana mayers, who studies in aberdeen. they ll be the first mother and daughter to travel together to space. such an interesting man. he is one of the most incredible people i ve ever met. he s such a daredevil. this guy lives. as we re enter the atmosphere, it creates a very loud noise. i the three have undergone four days of training at spaceport america. the pilots who will be in control, much more. so this is the flight simulator where the pilots do the vast majority of their on the ground training, and they ll actually come in here hours before the actual mission itself and do one last flight profile with all the latest data to hand. at the moment, conditions look perfect. all three hope their adventure will be an inspiration to others to reach beyond what they think
the company has sold more than 800 tickets to people who want to board one of virgin galactic s flights to space. making the final footsteps towards realising their dreams. jon goodwin and mother and daughter duo keisha schahaff and ana mayers make their way to the spaceship unity. 0n the ground at the spaceport, there was huge excitement and nervous anticipation. when you say that he is on his way, it makes me emotional again but i keep going in waves actually, but it s been an incredibly emotional week with all the activities. in our itinerary there was one line that said release, release, release, and when i read that i get emotional. at 8.30, lift off, on schedule and in perfect conditions. this is the momentjon goodwin has been waiting for a quarter of his life. he is now on his way to space on virgin galactic s first private
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