Virgin Galactic Chalks Up 7th Commercial Sub-Orbital Space Flight Written 10 June 2024

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VirginGalactic-29June2023 — Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity and the Galactic01 crew prepare to take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. | Credit: Virgin Galactic–©

CBS News reports, “Two pilots, a Turkish research astronaut and three private citizens rocketed to space and back Saturday aboard Virgin Galactic's Unity spaceplane, enjoying spectacular views of Earth and about three minutes of weightlessness before gliding back to touchdown in New Mexico. It was the company's 12th piloted up-and-down sub-orbital flight.”
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