Company Virgin GalacticBritish billionaire Richard Branson announced on Thursday It will start its commercial flights in space at the end of Juneand hopes to have a monthly service for private customers from August.
The company said in a statement released today that it is planning to introduce it The first flight was named “Galactic 01”.Between June 27 and 30, it will take three members of the Italian Air Force and the Italian National Research Council on a scientific mission related to microgravity.
Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier pointed out in the memo The company will offer two products: Space missions for scientific research and missions for “private astronauts”.
It hopes to launch its second flight in early August. “Galactic 02”, which is for private astronauts, from which there is monthly service. The company promised to release details about the crew and the objectives of its first flights and said it would broadcast it through its website.
Virgin Galactic, based in California (USA), faced technical problems Delayed operations will beginBut today it promised to be ready after completing its first test space flight in May and undergoing routine “analysis and inspections”.
In 2014, A The pilot died in the crash In 2007, three employees of a supply company died while testing one of the devices, according to the Financial Times.
Branson is the founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate, which includes the Virgin label. This space tourism company was established in 2004 Another millionaire from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin competitor.
In April, another of Branson’s aerospace companies, Virgin Orbit specializes in satellites, filed for bankruptcy. Virgin Galactic shares jumped 41% in after-hours trading on Wall Street following today’s announcement.
