(Finance) – Virgin Galacticthe company created by tycoon Richard Branson to offer suborbital space flights for the commercial market, has completed its fifth successful human space mission in five months“Galactic 04”.
“These first missions with our initial ship, VSS Unity, informed and confirmed the design and maintenance objectives for our Delta-class Starships, and production tooling for those vehicles is on track to begin later in the fourth quarter,” commented CEO Michael Colglazier.
The company will now proceed with the post-flight inspections and analyses in preparation for the next commercial space mission, “Galactic 05”, we read in a statement.