Virgin Galactic is set to carry out its second space tourism flight of 2024 on June 8, the company has said.
Galactic 07 could also be the last commercial flight before the company begins development of its next-generation Delta spaceships.
It will carry four passengers to the edge of space after a take-off from New Mexico, including private “astronauts” from California, New York and Italy, as well as a researcher astronaut from Houston-based space infrastructure company Axiom Space.
Identities of the passengers were not revealed, with a seat on the flight reportedly costing $450,000.
“Virgin Galactic’s spaceship will again be converted into a suborbital science lab, with VSS Unity carrying an Axiom Space affiliated researcher astronaut who will conduct multiple human-tended experiments,” the company said.
Experience on Virgin Galactic flights
The space tourism flight offers a horizontal launch, in which a “motherplane” carries a passenger vessel – the VSS Unity – from a New…
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