Virgin Galactic all set to fly its first tourists to the edge of space

Virgin Galactic is finally taking its first space tourists on a rocket ship ride after years of delays. One passenger bought his ticket 18 years ago. The first tourist flight is planned for Thursday from the New Mexico desert. Aboard the plane-launched spacecraft will be a former British Olympian with Parkinson's disease, and a mother and daughter from the Caribbean who are contest winners. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has already flown six times to space, limited to company employees until June's flight by Italian researchers. Ticket prices started out at $200,000. Now they're $450,000.