Virgin Conducts Third Commercial Spaceflight In Private

Virgin Galactic Unity interior
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but for the first time did not livestream or release the names of its paying passengers before takeoff. “Earlier flights were specially designated as promotional flights, but the Galactic 03 crew is entirely...
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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