Virgin Galactic's Historic Commercial Space Flight Triumphs Amidst Criticism and Controversy
Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first commercial flight, carrying 13 scientific payloads and four humans to the edge of space and back. The company aims to fly paying customers to suborbital space on a regular basis and is preparing for its next commercial mission in August. In other news, German startup Airmo secured €5.2 million in funding for its greenhouse gas emissions monitoring satellite constellation, Anduril Industries acquired solid rocket motor manufacturer Adranos, Lynk launched satellite-to-phone connectivity in Palau, Ramon.Space raised $26 million for space computing, and Spire Global and OroraTech announced plans for a constellation of temperature and wildfire-monitoring satellites.