Galactic01, is the scientific mission for experiments in microgravity conditions; this is the first commercial mission of the Virgin Galactic also attended by three Italians belonging to the'Air Force and the National Research Council. The suborbital flight is scheduled between 27 and 30 June. For the company, it marks the beginning of a series of monthly flights. The second, Galactic02 is in fact scheduled for early August. On the company website it will be possible to follow both the next mission in June and in August. The US aerospace company also communicated that "once the final test flight and subsequent vehicle analyzes and inspections are completed, it will be ready to take the first customers into space".
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The announcement of the American company comes about three weeks after the completion of the Unity 25 mission. In practice, flights resume after about two years of pause necessary to solve the technical problems that in 2021 had led to the postponement of missions, including the one with an Italian crew initially scheduled for September 2021.
"The Company's first commercial spaceflight will be a demonstration of the value and capabilities of Virgin Galactic's unique suborbital science laboratory." This was underlined by a note from the company, in the person of Michael Colglazier, managing director of would like to clarify. “We launch the first offer of flights commercial space with two innovative products. First of all our scientific research and then space missions with private astronauts".
(Cover image Virgin Galactic official page)
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