Steve Fossett and the GlobalFlyer Depart From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Runway

“The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft took off today from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Fla., at 7:22 a.m. EST. The effort is an attempt to set a new world record for the longest flight made by any aircraft.”

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Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member...