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Virgin Galactic on 11 July 2021 announced that VSS Unity successfully reached space, completing the Company's fourth rocketpowered spaceflight.
This flight was the 22nd test flight of VSS Unity and the first test flight with a full crew in the cabin, including the Company's founder, Sir Richard Branson. The crew fulfilled a number of test objectives related to the cabin and customer experience, including evaluating the commercial customer cabin, the views of Earth from space, the conditions for conducting research and the effectiveness of the five-day pre-flight training programme at Spaceport America.
Michael Colglazier, Chief Executive Officer ofVirgin Galactic, stated, "Today is a landmark achievement for the Company and a historic moment for the new...