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Virgin Galactic s Unity 22
Virgin Galactic said that building on its successful first crewed space flight from New Mexico s Spaceport America in May, Unity 22 will focus on the cabin and customer experience, including the cabin environment, seat comfort, the weightless experience, views of Earth from the ship and conditions to conduct experiments. After more than 16 years of research, engineering, and testing, Virgin Galactic stands at the vanguard of a new commercial space industry, which is set to open space to humankind and change the world for good, Branson said in the release. It’s one thing to have a dream of making space more accessible to all; it’s another for an incredible team to collectively turn that dream into reality, Branson continued. I’m honoured to help validate the journey our future astronauts will undertake and ensure we deliver the unique customer experience people expect from Virgin.
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Call it a space race for billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos, and announced that he too will blast beyond Earth’s atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
Call it a space race for billionaires: British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos, and announced that he too will blast beyond Earth’s atmosphere as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
With both tycoons having created space tourism companies and positioned themselves as leaders in the suborbital-flights-for-the-wealthy sector, the move signalled clear if not fierce competition.
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Unity 22 will also be the first time Virgin Galactic will share a global livestream of the spaceflight, the company said.
Virgin Galactic s final test phase
Branson s upcoming flight is part of the company s final test phase, during which it plans to resume ticket sales for commercial customers. About 600 people currently hold tickets. Following this flight, and in line with normal procedures, the team will complete inspections of the vehicles and an extensive data review, which will inform the next steps in the test flight program, Virgin stated in its release.
Virgin said it has planned two more test flights before commercial service is expected to commence in 2022.