3 Italians on 1st Virgin Galactic commercial flight

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 16 - Three Italians will be on the first commercial flight of Virgin Galactic, tycoon Richard Branson's bid to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX project, it was announced Friday.
    The trio, from the Italian air force and and th National Research Council, will be on board Virgin Galactic's first commercial mission, called Galactic01, a scientific mission for experiments in microgravity conditions.
    The suborbital flight is scheduled to take place between 27 and 30 June and for the company it marks the start of a series of monthly flights.
    The second, Galactic02, is in fact scheduled for early August, said Virgin Galactic Friday. (ANSA).