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Anastatia Mayers, 18, became the youngest person to reach space during the Virgin Galactic 02 flight on Aug. 10.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
After 18 years of waiting and despite developing Parkinson’s disease, one of Virgin Galactic’s first customers boarded the company’s VSS Unity spaceship for a suborbital ride that he said was “far more dramatic than I imagined it would be.” “The pure acceleration—Mach 3 in 8.5 seconds— was...
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