Virgin Galactic Begins Commercial Suborbital Flight Service

Irene Klotz June 29, 2023
Credit: Virgin Galactic webcast
Nearly 20 years in the making, Richard Branson-founded Virgin Galactic’s inaugural commercial flight took place June 29, sending a trio of researchers and experiments from the Italian Air Force and Italy’s National Research Council on a short trip into suborbital space. Mounted between the twin...
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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