Space tourism era begins with Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic embarks on a new manned space mission


Virgin Galactic firm is in an ambitious position in space tourism, and two years later, it is sound again with a manned space mission. brings.

owner of the Virgin empire Richard Branson space tourism company founded by Virgin Galactic, It has taken a new step in the area where it has been silent for almost two years and has recently performed a manned mission again. Four company employees (in what is called Unity 25)Beth Moses, Luke Mays, Jamila Gilbert and Christopher Huie) and pilots got a chance to see the frontier of space. The task called Unity 25 was important to the company because It was the last test before commercial commissioning.. This will be done soon”We will start commercial service with Galactic 01 mission” The company that made the announcement will not wait too long for the commercial adventure. According to the official statement, the process will start in June if there is no setback. Virgin Galactic, has previously performed multiple space tourism missions, directly on a takeoff Richard Branson This mission, which was launched into space and broadcast live on YouTube, was a great success. Unity 22 in this historic mission called Branson she was not alone. In total, a crew of six had launched into space. Virgin Galactic employees other people Beth Moses, Colin Bennett, Sirisha Bandla and pilots Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci had happened. The firm was flown by pilots CJ Sturckow and Kelly Latimer on this mission. VMS Eve named “vehicle aircraft” using VSS Unityup to the specified height and left VSS Unity on its own after that. At this point, VSS Unity, which ignited its onboard rocket engine, exceeded the speed of sound three times and took its crew into space. Full per seat for firm flights He asks for a fee of 450 thousand dollars. With that high price tag in 2021 100 tickets old tickets sold for around 250 thousand dollars (Between 2005-2014) together with the firm space travel for total 700 tickets It was said to be sold.

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Virgin Galactic While plans for the Virgin Orbit bankrupt. Billionaire Richard Branson founded by Virgin Orbit company, for those who don’t know Boeing 747 It was able to achieve very few space developments in 2022. The company, which wanted to change that in 2023, had started the year very badly. The company does not go to space with a Boeing 747 as part of its space missions, but instead uses a different infrastructure. custom developed Cosmic Girl a named Boeing 747 The company, which raises the commercial satellites to approximately 35-40 thousand feet with the company, takes the space under the plane and carries the satellites within its structure. LauncherOne with a rocket named This is exactly what was targeted in the past months, but There was a problem with LauncherOne in the process. As part of the UK-based mission Cosmic Girl It took off without any problems and reached the specified height. Then when the Atlantic Ocean is reached LauncherOne ignited, where the rocket left the plane, but experienced a technical problem en route and failed to reach low earth orbit. At work After this negative event, things did not go well, In the past months, the company ceased all its activities And lay off 85% of its workforce announced. To continue operationally stating that they could not find the additional financing needed The firm later filed for bankruptcy based in the USA. found.



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