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Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. experienced an in-flight hardware issue during its most recent crewed space tourism flight, the Richard Branson-founded company said on Monday.
She became the first astronaut from Monaco to travel into space last week aboard the Galactic 04. Now back on Earth, Namira Salim shares her story with Monaco Life.
About 800 tickets have been sold over the past decade, with the initial batch going for $200,000 each.
Virgin Galactic will sell tickets on a first-come, first-served basis for $450,000 each for the first commercial space flight this year.
Virgin Galactic space tourism: During the 90-minute flight, passengers will reach an altitude of more than 50 miles and experience roughly four minutes of weightlessness in the spaceplane's cabin