This photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows the Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity flying over Spaceport America in Truth or Consequences, NM on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.
"We have a lot of work to do, but the significance of this day is massive and what inspires me is really the idea of the having the spaceship flying free over the New Mexico skies," CEO George Whitesides told The Associated Press in an interview. "That's what we've all been working for for a long time and today was a crucial step toward that."
The idea was first hatched some 15 years ago by British billionaire Richard Branson and former Gov. Bill Richardson to build a spaceport in New Mexico and launch paying customers into the lower fringes of space where they could experience weightlessness and get a view of the Earth below. Efforts to get the project off the ground has spanned three gubernatorial administrations.
More than 600 customers from 60 countries have put down deposits for flights with Virgin Galactic and over the last year, more than 3,500 people have registered their desire to fly. Virgin Galactic officials expect that interest will surpass the company's capacity for flights at least through 2023.
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