Virgin Galactic's Fourth Commercial Suborbital Flight Includes Pakistani Astronaut
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Virgin Galactic successfully completed its fourth commercial suborbital spaceflight, carrying three customers, including the first person from Pakistan to go to space. The VSS Unity vehicle reached an apogee of 87.5 kilometers before gliding back to a runway landing at Spaceport America. The company plans to maintain a monthly flight cadence to gradually work through its backlog of approximately 800 customers.
Topics:business#commercial-spaceflight#space#space-tourism#suborbital-flight#virgin-galactic#vss-unity
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