Liftoff? US allows Virgin Galactic to take paying passengers into space
Jun 25, 2021
1 minute
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has made another small leap in the billionaire space race after US authorities gave it permission to take paying customers to space.
Its licence was enhanced on Friday by the US Federal Aviation Administration to allow a full commercial launch, after a successful test flight last month.
Branson may yet be on board the first passenger flight, which according
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