Crew members of Virgin Galactic’s first research-based commercial spaceflight are from the Italian Air Force and the Italy’s National Research Council.
. As part of the mission, the crew will conduct 13 "human-tended and autonomous experiments."
Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said Monday that the company's "research missions will usher in a new era of repeatable and reliable access to space for government and research institutions for years to come." In August, the company will begin flights to the edge of space for ticket-holders starting with Galactic 02. The company said the first of those flights will begin in early August, with monthly flights following that.
In 2021, the company finally won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly paying customers on brief trips to space. It completed its final test flight last month in New Mexico.
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