NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Virgin Galactic has announced its next private space flight, which they say is the final commercial flight.
“Galactic 07” is scheduled to take off on June 8 with three private astronauts from New York, California, and Italy. A research astronaut is also expected to join the crew.
This will be the company’s second commercial flight this year, the last taking place in January, and 12th overall.
After “Galactic 07,” the company will turn its focus to producing Delta Class spaceships, which they hope to have commercial service for by 2026.
“With this approach, Virgin Galactic is moving from a prototype to a production model of developing spaceships – shaving years off the development timeline we saw with VSS Unity,” said Virgin Galactic Spaceline President Mike Moses. “The team has hit the ground running – with important testing already underway, supporting our ability to execute key Delta production milestones. The test data we’re gathering at this important stage of development will further refine testing and streamline manufacturing and validation over the course of the Delta program.”
The company said the Delta class shops are being built to fly 8 space missions each month with 12 times the capacity of current ships. They said the final production of those ships will take place in Phoenix, Arizona.
