Watch live as Virgin Galactic launches second commercial space flight

Watch live as Virgin Galactic launches its second commercial space flight . An 80-year-old former Olympian with Parkinson’s disease will be one of three passengers on board the space tourism flight when it blasts off on Thursday 10 August. Jon Goodwin, from Newcastle , will join Keisha Schahaff, 46, and her daughter Anastatia Mayers, 18, who is studying physics in Aberdeen , on the VSS Unity for the 90-minute trip. The two women will be the first mother and daughter to make a trip to space after winning a coveted place in a prize draw, while Mr Goodwin secured his seat 18 years ago after buying a $250,000 (£194,500) ticket. After taking off at 4pm BST from New Mexico in the US, in the mothership VMS Eve, VSS Unity will separate and take them into sub-orbital space, where they will briefly experience weightlessness while looking back at Earth. The trip will raise funds for Space for Humanity, a non-profit group which seeks to send ordinary citizens into space to give them a ‘grander perspective’ on the challenges facing Earth.