Highlights From Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flight The Virgin Galactic space plane Unity landed safely in New Mexico on Sunday morning after a trip meant to make human spaceflight seem unexceptional. The crew aboard Sunday’s Virgin Galactic flight, from left: Dave Mackay, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson, Sirisha Bandla and Michael Masucci. Richard Branson combined private spaceflight with show business on Sunday as he completed his highly-anticipated Virgin Galactic flight high above the New Mexico desert. Virgin Orbit, now separate from Virgin Galactic, has carried payloads to orbit twice this year. On this flight, Ms. Bandla of Virgin Galactic will perform an experiment that requires handling several tubes during the trip.

Source: International New York Times July 10, 2021 23:54 UTC