(Reuters) – Virgin Galactic flew 4 vacationers to the sting of area and again aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this yr, the Richard Branson-founded firm mentioned on Saturday.
The Galactic 07 mission carried Turkish, U.S. and Italian passengers to an altitude of about 55 miles (88.51 km) on a flight lasting barely greater than an hour.
The area tourism firm mentioned that mission took off from and returned to Spaceport America in New Mexico on Saturday.
It marked Virgin’s VSS Unity spaceplane’s last industrial flight as the corporate is now producing its fourth-generation spaceships anticipated to enter industrial service in 2026, the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
