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Virgin Galactic's Space-plane takes its 1st female passenger on a ride

R Sinduja

News Editor
Image Credit: Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic, a tourism venture sent its spaceplane named VSS Unity to space for the second time with 3 people on board. One of them was a test passenger, Beth Moses, a chief astronaut instructor at the firm, who flew along with 2 pilots. VSS Unity is designed to fly passengers to the edge of space at a height of 51.4 miles, where they can experience weightlessness. Beth happens to be the 1st female flyer of VSS Unity.