Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight set to lift off this morning

Virgin Galactic is gearing up to launch its commercial space tourism service for the first time this morning, a long-awaited debut that puts much on the line for the company.
The 90-minute mission, called Galactic 01, will commence sometime after 9:00 AM local time, with the company’s aircraft taking off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The mission is part of a contract Virgin signed back in 2019 to carry three Italian Air Force and National Research Council of Italy (CRN) officials to suborbital space.
Virgin’s flight system is different from that of its competitor, Blue Origin, wh

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