Virgin Galactic made history by launching the first Pakistani woman into space on Friday, taking Namira Salim to the final frontier alongside two other travellers. This was Virgin’s fourth commercial spaceflight. British advertising executive Trevor Beattie and American astronomy educator Ron Rosano were the two other passengers. The flight ended at 12:43pm EDT (1643 GMT), when Unity finally touched down at Spaceport America.
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