Virgin Galactic returns to testing spacecraft with people on board

British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic conducted its first successful test of its VSS Unity spacecraft since 2019 on Saturday.

Unity and VMS Eve were launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Unity was launched by astronauts CJ Sturkou and Dave McKay. Launch of Eve - Kelly Latimer and Michael Masucci.

The aircraft rose to a height of 89 kilometers, after which it returned to Earth. his landing Branson personally watched .

This is the third launch of Unity into space with a crew on board into space. At the moment, more than 600 people are waiting in line to go into space as tourists, writes CNBC. All of them purchased tickets worth between $200,000 and $250,000. But Virgin Galactic must first obtain all the necessary licenses.

It is planned that employees of Virgin Galactic will take part in the next launch of the aircraft. After that, Richard Branson himself will go into space.