Virgin Galactic aims to fly an 80-year-old former Olympian, a mother and her daughter into space.
A rocket plane is due to fly from New Mexico carrying an 80-year-old British former Olympian, an Aberdeen student and her mother into space.
The Unity rocket plane is carried on the first stage of its journey slung underneath a carrier jet, known as Eve. Unity will then aim to ignite its engine and travel to an altitude of 279,000ft . Around 100 people will watch him travel into space at a party in Stoke-on-Trent organised by Parkinson's UK.when she entered a competition to join the spaceflight."Suddenly, who's walking into my yard? Richard Branson. The whole team just swarmed into my house saying 'you're the winner, you're going to space'," she said.
"My intention is to just break any barriers that we set for ourselves or that the world sets for us."
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