Virgin Galactic to Launch First Commercial Space Flight This Month

Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's space tourism company, announced that it will launch its first commercial flight, a scientific research mission, before the end of June. The company expects to operate monthly spaceflights from August onwards. Virgin Galactic has sold over 800 tickets for space tourism, offering passengers views from space and a few minutes of weightlessness at a cost of $450,000 per person. The announcement comes after Virgin Orbit, a separate space firm owned by Branson, shut down in May following a failed mission.