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29 March 2024

Watch the $1m space flight experience [video]

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Exclusive new detail on what budding astronauts can expect to experience on a Virgin Galactic space flight has been unveiled by Land Rover.

The short film has been created as part of Land Rover's ‘Galactic Discovery’ competition, which offers four friends a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win a trip to space.

Worth over $1 million (Dh3.67m), the top prize will see the winners take a one-week trip to the US, where they will undergo three days of training and preparation at the beautiful Foster + Partners designed Spaceport America in New Mexico, before taking a Mach 3.5 ride to space in Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, experiencing out of seat weightlessness and life changing views of planet Earth.

“We knew the appetite for space travel would be huge around the world but also that this is still an area most people know very little about. We wanted to give our competition entrants as much detail as possible on the prize, to get them really excited about this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Gabi Whitfield, Global PR director for Land Rover.

The video can be seen here:



The film shows edited footage of the test flights undertaken by Virgin Galactic to date, alongside CGI animation of the zero gravity experience. The voiceover provides a step by step account of the planned Virgin Galactic space experience from arrival at Virgin Galactic’ s Gateway to Space facility at Spaceport America, to the Mach 3.5 vertical rocket ride into the black sky of space to the award of astronaut wings back on earth.

Narration comes from Virgin Galactic’s Vice President of Operations, Mike Moses. He leads the team in all aspects of safe and successful space flight operations, including WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo vehicle processing, planning, training and flight crew operations.

The film also shows Spaceport America in New Mexico, featuring the Norman Foster-designed Gateway to Space building which will become the home for Virgin Galactic space travel once commercial operations go live.