Commercial Human Spaceflight Poised For Pivotal Year

Irene Klotz December 14, 2020
NASA Space Launch System super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle
Preparations for the first Space Launch System flight, including stacking of the solid rocket booster segments on a mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
Credit: Glenn Benson/NASA
Virgin Group founder and CEO Richard Branson began his seventh decade of life still waiting for his ride to space. But despite the pandemic, which slowed the commercial debut of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, 2021 looks to be his year to fly. Branson believes the experience, which includes 2-3 min...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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