Galactic 02: First Caribbean Mom-Daughter Duo To Travel To Space

Keisha Schahaff, a wellness coach from Antigua, will soon be travelling to space with her 18-year-old daughter Anastatia Mayers (18), who is a Sophomore and would be the second youngest traveller in the space flight Galactic 02. 

The mother-daughter Caribbean duo is about to create history while fulfilling the dream of making space more accessible to citizens.

First Mother-Daughter Duo To Travel To Space Together

According to People, Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers would become the first Caribbean citizens from Antigua to travel to space on Virgin Galactic's upcoming space flight Glactic 02. Galactic 02 will be Virgin Galactic's second commercial space flight to carry people to space with the vision of making space more accessible to people. 

The duo secured their seats on the space flight with a draw in tickets that raised $1.7 million, for a non-profit organisation, Space Humanity, which has a vision of expanding excess in space for people. 

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On recalling her childhood after the announcement of passengers of the space flight Galactic 02, Schahaff said this was a dream come true as she always used to wonder looking at the skies how she would reach there someday. She talked about how she is grateful to be a part of the mission in making space more accessible for people. 

The duo will also be accompanied by 80-year-old passenger Jon Godwin who would be the first Olympian and second person with Parkinson's disease to travel space. Godwin was diagnosed with the disease in 2014. He was determined to not let it stand in the way of his wishes and, through Galactic 02, travelling to space with his condition is truly "magical", he expressed. 

The trio will also be accompanied by the company's chief astronaut instructor Beth Moss who has already made her journey thrice in Virgin Galactic and was the first person to travel in the company's space flight in 2019. 

Virgin Galactic has till now sold 800 tickets for the flight of which 600 tickets cost $250,000 and 200 tickets cost $450,000. Galactic 02 will last for 90 minutes at 2600 mph, transporting four passengers on the edge of space in the suborbital flight.

Earlier in June, a group of Italian researchers first took the flight from New Mexico in Virgin Galactic's first mission, making space commercially accessible to all. This success commenced the plan of launching the second space flight Galactic 02. 

Virgin Galactic is the brainchild of British Billionaire Richard Branson, who will now continue the mission of Galactic 02 in August this year.

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