Watch live: Virgin Galactic launches first ever private astronaut mission

Virgin Galactic launches six people to suborbital space on the company's first private astronaut mission.

The flight, known as Galactic 02, will be the company's second commercial spaceflight, following a June 29 mission for the Italian Air Force and the nation's National Research Council, which were government not private customers.

Galactic 02 will break new ground, becoming the first mission to loft a former Olympian and people from the Caribbean, according to Virgin Galactic. The crew also includes a mother-daughter duo, another spaceflight first.

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