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.
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