It was the final flight of Virgin's Unity spaceplane while the company transitions to a more capable spacecraft.
Two pilots, a Turkish research astronaut and three private citizens rocketed to space and back Saturday aboard Virgin Galactic 's Unity spaceplane, enjoying spectacular views of Earth and about three minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to touchdown in New Mexico.
It was Axiom's first sub-orbital flight after sending 12 commercial astronauts to the International Space Station in three missions, including Alper Gezeravci, Turkey's first astronaut.'As a country, this will take our space research to the next level and hopefully enlighten and inspire next generations,' Atasever said Friday.
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