A SCOTTISH university student blasted off into space this afternoon on Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight.
Anastatia Mayers, 18, who is from the Caribbean but has Scottish roots, took a saltire with her as she set off on the VSS Unity.
And Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight successfully landed back on Earth tonight after taking three passengers including Anastatia into space.
The landing at 4.33pm (UK time) was met by applause from those watching on from Virgin Galactic, with the passengers smiling and nodding.
They were flown to the edge of space and experienced zero-gravity while looking back at the curvature of the planet before returning to Earth.
It marked the first time a mother-daughter duo visited space together.
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