Picking up the pace of commercial operations, Virgin Galactic is now launching piloted suborbital spaceflights every month.
September 8, 2023 / 3:01 PMVirgin Galactic launched its fourth suborbital space flight in as many months Friday, sending two company pilots, an astronaut trainer and three space tourists to the edge of space and back.
The motor shut down about one minute later as planned, kicking off about three minutes of weightlessness as the spacecraft coasted upward to a maximum altitude of 55 miles before arcing over for the long glide back to Earth. "Nearly 20 years have past since that day in October of 2004 when I watched an episode of '60 Minutes' where Sir Richard Branson at Virgin Atlantic shared his vision for making the wonder of space travel available for the average Joe," Baxter wrote.
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