Virgin Galactic has rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean.The space plane glided back to a runway landing on Thursday at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert after a brief flight that gave passengers a few minutes of weightlessness.Cheers erupted from families and friends watching from below when the craft’s rocket motor fired after it was released from the plane that had carried it aloft. The rocket ship reached about 88km (55 miles) high.
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