The three passengers onboard spent a few minutes floating weightless at the edge of space.
These are the first commercial passengers to fly aboard Virgin Galactic's first private commercial spaceflight.
Virgin Galactic's mothership Eve taking its first space tourists on a rocket ship ride to the edge of space.
Jon Goodwin, one of Virgin Galactic's space tourists, recalled feeling this way as the VSS Unity began its return to Earth.
Virgin Galactic Feeling like sharingKeisha Schahaff, Mayers' mother and one of Virgin Galactic's space passengers, said that flying had always been her dream.
Persons:
Virgin Galactic's, Anastatia Mayers, Mayers, Yuri Gagarin, Andrés Leighton, Jon Goodwin, would've, Goodwin, Charlie Duke, Keisha Schahaff
Organizations:
Virgin Galactic, Service, Virgin, VSS, Washington Post, VSS Unity, Apollo, Post
Locations:
Wall, Silicon, Virgin