Virgin Galactic announced Thursday that it plans to launch its commercial space tourism service in late June. The launch window is set to run from June 27 to June 30.
The first flight will take place on Galactic 01, which will carry a crew of three members of the Italian Air Force. The team will take the opportunity to conduct microgravity research with scientific payloads. The second commercial flight is scheduled for "early August," followed by monthly flights.
"We are launching the first commercial spaceline for Earth with two dynamic products — our scientific research and private astronaut space missions," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said in a statement.
