Colin Bennett’s proud family watched the 38-year successfully complete a 90-minute research flight
A Scots astronaut made history by jetting into space on Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight yesterday.
Colin’s auntie, who lives on the Isle of Bute, said her nephew was born in Scotland, before moving to England when he was a child and said the family were “all on tenterhooks” as they prepared to watch the launch. The spaceplane was launched in mid-air from a carrier plane at an altitude of just over nine miles with a rocket then firing the craft and its crew into sub-orbital space at least 50 miles above the Earth.
Speaking for Virgin Galactic’s live coverage of the launch, Colin said: “Humans are a very adventurous species. It’s very natural for us to want to go and explore space.”His all-important task yesterday was ensuring what the quality of the experience is like travelling aboard while the research crew also conducted 13 experiments examining biomedicine thermo-fluid dynamics and microgravity on yesterday’s flight.
He previously described the 2021 trip as “one of the greatest days of life”, saying it was “both staggering and mind-blowing”.Top news stories today A statement from Virgin Galactic said: “This historic mission is Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight and represents a new era in Government funded commercial human tended research missions.”
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