Virgin Galactic 1st commercial spaceflight launch livestream ticket price full details
6 people will fly today
Galactic 01 mission will consist of 6 people. There are 4 crew members and 2 pilots. The crew members include two officers from the Italian Air Force, an aerospace engineer from the National Research Council of Italy and an instructor from Virgin Galactic. These four along with two pilots will go 80 kilometers above the earth from the desert of New Mexico.
Use of aircraft not rockets
Usually, heavy rockets are used for space flight, but Virgin Galactic will use aircraft to take people into space. This is called ‘mothership’. There will be a spaceship attached to this giant spacecraft. After taking off from the runway, the ‘Mothership’ will reach a height of 15 thousand feet and the spaceship will separate from it.
how long will the journey take
After separating from the ‘mothership’, the spaceship will reach space moving at three times the speed of sound. Virgin Galactic’s Tell It means that after reaching space, passengers will experience weightlessness for some time. The total journey of the flight is said to be 90 minutes. Ultimately the spaceship will return to Earth and can land on the runway or in water.
Company selling tickets since 2005
It is said that Virgin Galactic has so far sold 800 tickets for its commercial space flights. According to Al Jazeera, he sold 600 tickets between 2005 and 2014. Their price was between 2 to 2.5 lakh dollars. Since then, 200 more tickets have been sold, the price of which was 4.5 lakh dollars (Rs 3.70 crore) per ticket.
Second flight in August!
It is said that Virgin Galactic’s second space flight will be launched in August. Then the space journey of those who have purchased tickets will begin.
