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Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June

The Unity 25 mission will take place in late May with four company employees on board, said Virgin Galactic, which was founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, who took part in the firm's last spaceflight in July 2021.

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The first commercial flight, Galactic 01, will include passengers from the Italian Air Force. The Virgin Galactic space program has suffered years of delays and a 2014 accident in which a pilot died. Virgin Galactic has sold 800 tickets for future commercial flights -- 600 between 2005 and 2014 for $200,000 to $250,000 and 200 since then for $450,000 each.