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WASHINGTON: Virgin Galactic made history by launching the first Pakistani woman into space on Friday, taking Namira Salim to the final frontier alongside two other travellers. This was Virgin’s fourth commercial spaceflight. British advertising executive Trevor Beattie and American astronomy educator Ron Rosano were the two other passengers. Galactic 04 set off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, at 1540 GMT (8:10pm …

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