Virgin Galactic The firm is in an ambitious position in space tourism, and two years later it embarks on a manned space mission again.
owner of the Virgin empire Richard Branson space tourism company founded by Virgin Galactic, showed signs of life in the area where he had been silent for almost two years. The company that made an announcement, at the end of the month He stated that they will carry out a manned mission again. If all goes well in the task, called Unity 25, four company employees (Beth Moses, Luke Mays, Jamila Gilbert and Christopher Huie) and pilots will get a chance to see the edge of space. 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 He wasn’t alone either. 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. The firm has previously paid full per seat for flights. 450 thousand dollars He wanted pay. 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.
#VirginGalactic is returning to space in late May. meet the #Unity25 crew → https://t.co/7gKH6db8gg pic.twitter.com/lbGhF6BJB8
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) May 8, 2023
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