After years of tests, space tourism line Virgin Galactic is finally beginning commercial spaceflight services at the end of the month, the company announced today. After these initial flights, they will move to monthly ones and start working through the ticket-holder backlog.
Galactic 01 will, barring any delay, launch some time between June 27-30. This won’t be a bunch of rich leisure-seekers, however, but the first of its scientific research missions. Members of the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy will go up to the edge of space “to conduct microgravity research,” and a few onboard experiments will show the potential for other researchers.
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