Space Perspective, the world’s first stratospheric balloon flight experience company, has revealed that Sir Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on its first crewed flight, bringing his unparalleled ballooning experience that led to record-breaking Atlantic and Pacific Ocean crossings to the organisation.

Space Perspective, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company, has announced the completion and arrival of Marine Spaceport (MS) Voyager – the world’s first and only marine spaceport for human spaceflight – to its home base in Florida.

Virgin Galactic completed its 12th mission to date last weekend, carrying one researcher and three private astronauts.

Virgin Galactic will look to reignite its commercial spaceflight operations next month, announcing plans for hybrid research/private astronaut crew for ‘Galactic 07’.

Space Perspective has this week released images of its completed test capsule. With its first SpaceBalloon finished and its launch vessel, Marine Spaceport Voyager, in its final stage of preparation, Space Perspective is beginning to eye its test flights window.

Virgin Galactic completed its first spaceflight of 2024 and 11th mission to date, successfully last Friday [26 January 2024]. The latest mission comes as Richard Branson’s space venture confirmed its Delta-class spacecraft won’t begin test flights until early 2025 and their commercial services won’t begin until a year later.

The launch window for Virgin Galactic’s first space flight launch of 2024 remains open for tomorrow, Friday 26 January 2024, from Spaceport America.

Virgin Galactic has confirmed plans to launch its next spaceflight, ‘Galactic 06’, on or around 26 January 2024. The upcoming spaceflight comes after the listed company successfully operated six suborbital flights in six months this year, the latest being in early November which carried three customers, only one of which was a private astronaut.

Space Perspective has unveiled the first images of its completed test capsule structure.

Virgin Galactic has this week launched a new ‘NXTGEN Astronaut’ program, appearing to strategically target an audience of those who had previously registered interest in the space program with the publically listed company.

Space Perspective will offer the first-ever Space Spa aboard its pressurised capsule, Spaceship Neptune. The spa shares the same space as Spaceship Neptune’s restroom, tucked into one side of the Space Lounge.

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