Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight
Virgin Galactic flew four vacationers to the brink of space and relief aboard its spaceplane, marking the 2d flight this year, the Richard Branson-based mostly firm acknowledged on Saturday.
The Galactic 07 mission carried Turkish, U.S. and Italian passengers to an altitude of about 55 miles (88.51 km) on a flight lasting moderately extra than an hour.
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The space tourism firm acknowledged that mission took off from and returned to Spaceport The United States in Fresh Mexico on Saturday.
It marked Virgin’s VSS Unity spaceplane’s final industrial flight as the firm is now producing its fourth-generation spaceships expected to enter industrial provider in 2026, the firm acknowledged in a commentary.
Source: Reuters
