#Space #VirginGalactic will launch today three paying private citizens on a commercial suborbital spaceflight from Spaceport America in #NewMexico. The video feed is scheduled to start at 11 AM EDT / 8 AM PDT. Watch live at VirginGalactic.com. Here's a preview:
#Space #VirginGalactic livestream starts 11 AM EDT at this link:
How do we know these passengers will be in "space"?
Depends on your definition.
#NASA defines "space" as starting at 50 miles (80 km).
The international definition is the Karman Line, 100 km (62 miles).
#VirginGalactic will probably achieve somewhere inbetween.
#Space #VirginGalactic reached 290,000 feet (88.4 km).
#Space #VirginGalactic G-02 has landed at Spaceport America. Commercial suborbital space has begun in #NewMexico!