Virgin Galactic has successfully completed what should be its final test flight before launching commercial services for its sub-orbital rocket flights next month. Thursday’s mission was the second fully crewed test flight following the first one in 2021 when Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson flew with five others to the edge of space in the…
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic is just days away from what should be its final fully crewed test flight before a commercial launch this summer. The team has announced that it’s currently targeting Thursday, May 25, for a mission that will see four crewmembers blasted to the edge of space aboard the rocket-powered VSS Unity…
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic has announced plans for another test flight ahead of its first commercial mission this summer. The test flight using its rocket-powered space plane will take place in “late May” and will be the company’s second fully crewed trip since Virgin founder Richard Branson and others tested the hardware in a…
Blue Origin is gearing up for its third crewed flight to the edge of space, with the mission set to carry six people — two more than its previous crewed missions. Scheduled for Thursday, December 9, the crew of Blue Origin’s next suborbital space flight will include a couple of special guests, namely Laura Shepard…
Virgin Galactic has revealed that so far 100 people have each handed over $450,000 for a flight on its rocket-powered suborbital spaceplane. That brings the total number of reservations for its upcoming space tourism service t0 700, with the other 600 having paid $250,000 before the seat price was raised to $450,000 in the summer….
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Virgin Galactic has offered the most detailed look yet at its space tourism flight experience. Spaceflight With Virgin Galactic In a dramatic four-minute video released on Sunday, August 15, the company led by billionaire businessman Richard Branson showed off what passengers on its six-seat Unity spaceplane will experience when its space tourism service launches in…
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane isn’t the only thing that rockets skyward as part of the company’s space tourism experience. The cost of a seat on the aircraft has gone the same way, too. During its latest quarterly financial report announced on Thursday, August 5, the company said the cost of a seat on its…
Virgin Galactic launched its first fully crewed trip to the edge of space on Sunday, July 11, with company founder Richard Branson one of four passengers taking a seat aboard the VSS Unity spaceplane. The 15-minute experience offered us the best look yet at how a Virgin Galactic space tourism ride will unfold when the…
VSS Unity takes off from Spaceport America on Sunday, July 11 Virgin Galactic Founder of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, has made it to the edge of space along with five other crew members in the first fully crewed test flight of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane VSS Unity. On Sunday, July 7, the VSS Unity was taken…