Virgin Galactic Sets First Commercial Flight For June 27-30

Irene Klotz June 15, 2023

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Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial suborbital spaceflight services between June 27 and 30, the company said on June 15. Virgin Galactic will be flying three researchers and experiments from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Center of Italy, which are paying an undisclosed...
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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