Ken Baxter (businessman)

Ken Baxter
Ken Baxter at his PMA Realty office in Las Vegas, NV
Born (1949-05-15) May 15, 1949 (age 75)
Cortland, NY

Ken "Rocket Man" Baxter (born May 15, 1949) is a real estate investor who became the first everyday American to travel to space on September 8, 2023. Baxter purchased the first ticket sold to a civilian to be a passenger on Virgin Galactic in 2004.[1]

  1. ^ Buhler, Brendan (17 August 2009). "Check written in boom times bought ticket for space flight: Anticipation of adventure helped developer through market's plunge". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 7 October 2015.