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Spaceflight Streak Continues for Virgin Galactic

Completes Sixth Spaceflight in Six Months

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Tom Patton
Nov 03, 2023
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Virgin Galactic on Thursday flew its sixth space mission in six months and tenth to date. The ‘Galactic 05’ mission saw Virgin Galactic’s spaceship converted into a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research for the second time.

“We look forward to playing an increasingly important role in space research in the years…

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