Virgin Galactic successfully completes final test flight for commercial space tourism.

Virgin Galactic completes its first spaceflight in nearly two years after safety upgrades to its fleet. The flight was the fifth time the space tourism company had brushed the boundary of space and is likely the final test before commercial operations begin in late June with members of the Italian Air Force as the first paying customers. The company has sold about 800 tickets over the past decade, with the initial batch going for $200,000 each, and tickets now cost $450,000 per person. Virgin Galactic aims to conduct 400 flights per year from its spaceport in southern New Mexico once it finishes building its next class of rocket-powered planes at a facility in neighbouring Arizona.