Submersible Accident Raises Questions For Space Travel Industry

Irene Klotz July 14, 2023
Virgin Galactic launched a final shakedown flight

Virgin Galactic launched a final shakedown flight on May 25 ahead of starting commercial service.

Credit: Virgin Galactic
Two years ago, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos boarded their companies’ respective spaceships to showcase a new kind of adventure travel: suborbital spaceflight. Branson-founded Virgin Galactic began commercial flights onboard the air-launched SpaceShipTwo on June 29, while Bezos’ Blue Origin so far...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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