Blast Lowers Profile for Virgin Galactic

August 26th, 2007 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration

(AP) -- As a female voice coos, "Welcome to space," six passengers in skintight spacesuits unbuckle their seat belts and somersault in zero gravity, occasionally peeking back at Earth through the private spaceship's large portholes.

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