Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Final Test Flight Ahead of Commercial Launch
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Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first suborbital test flight in two years, with six people onboard, including four crew members and two pilots. The flight reached an altitude of 54.2 miles, just past the edge of space, and the company is now ready to start flying its backlog of paying customers. Virgin Galactic has charged as much as $450,000 per ticket. The flight comes as the company has been bleeding cash, and as a tightening economy has forced a reckoning in the commercial space industry.
Topics:business#commercial-space-travel#richard-branson#space#spaceflight#suborbital-test-flight#virgin-galactic
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