Friday, 2 July 2021, 10:26 am
LAS CRUCES, N.M.- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:
SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”), a
vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company,
today announced that the flight window for the next
rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity opens
July 11, pending weather and technical checks.
The
“Unity 22” mission will be the twenty-second flight test
for VSS Unity and the Company’s fourth crewed spaceflight.
It will also be the first to carry a full crew of two pilots
and four mission specialists in the cabin, including the
Company’s founder, Sir Richard Branson, who will be
Le milliardaire Richard Branson prévoit d aller dans l espace dès le 11 juillet, avant Bezos Email Le milliardaire britannique Richard Branson ambitionne de se rendre dans l espace à bord du vaisseau de la société Virgin Galactic, qu il a fondée, dès le 11 juillet, a déclaré jeudi l entreprise.
Si ce calendrier est respecté, il battrait ainsi de peu le fondateur d Amazon Jeff Bezos, qui a lui annoncé qu il irait dans l espace le 20 juillet, à bord d une fusée de sa propre société, Blue Origin.
La compétition fait rage entre les deux hommes, qui ont tous les deux créé des entreprises positionnées sur le secteur du tourisme spatial, avec des vols suborbitaux courts.
Richard Branson planning trip to space ahead of rival Bezos
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published : 2 Jul 2021 at 07:33 Richard Branson at the New York Stock Exchange in October 2019.
WASHINGTON: British billionaire Richard Branson one-upped his rival Jeff Bezos on Thursday, announcing that he too will travel to space as many as nine days ahead of the Amazon founder.
Branson s company Virgin Galactic said in a statement that he would be a mission specialist aboard the SpaceShipTwo Unity, which will go to space as early as July 11, pending weather and technical checks.
If the schedule holds, Branson would make it to the cosmos before Bezos, who said he would travel to space aboard the New Shepard launch vehicle belonging to his company Blue Origin on July 20.