Virgin Galactic takes first paying customers to space: company

Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight has reached space, a Thursday live stream provided by the company showed.

"Welcome to space, astronauts," Virgin Galactic's Sirisha Bandla said, as the company's first paying customers -- members of the Italian Air Force -- unfurled their national flag while enjoying a few minutes of weightlessness in a rocket-powered space plane.

 

AFP