June 8, 2024
Virgin Galactic launching final commercial spaceflight on VS
he excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight.
The launch window for the mission, known as Galactic 07, opens at 8:30am MT (10:30 a.m. EDT or 1430 GMT) on Saturday (June 8) and will depart from Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico.
The Galactic 07 crew will include Axiom Space Mission 3 (Ax-3) backup astronaut Tuva Atasever of the Turkish Space Agency and three private astronauts. Virgin Galactic typically does not disclose the identities of the private astronauts leading up to its launches, but shared in a statement that one is from California, one is from New York, and one is from Italy.
Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico.
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