Virgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Flight for 2024
Target Mission Date Is January 26
The flight window for the first Virgin Galactic commercial flight for 2024 will open no earlier than January 26th.
"We’re excited to begin 2024 by bringing four new Virgin Galactic astronauts to space with our ‘Galactic 06’ mission.”
Michael Colglazier, Virgin Galactic
"Galactic 06" will be the Company’s 11th spaceflight to date and will follow a year of unprecedented human spaceflight achievements that included six suborbital spaceflights in six months. Four private astronauts from three different countries will journey to space on Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight.
The private astronauts onboard the ‘Galactic 06’ mission will include:
Astronaut 023 – Private Astronaut from Ukraine and Las Vegas, United States
Astronaut 024 – Private Astronaut from Texas, United States
Astronaut 025 – Private Astronaut from Austria
Astronaut 026 – Private Astronaut from California, United States
The Virgin Galactic crew will include:
VSS Unity Commander CJ Sturckow and pilot Nicola Pecile
VMS Eve Commander Michael Masucci and pilot Dan Alix
“Our inaugural year of commercial service demonstrated our spaceflight system’s ability to regularly deliver a safe and unparalleled customer experience for our astronauts and established new turn time records for reuseable human spaceflight systems," said Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic. "We’re excited to begin 2024 by bringing four new Virgin Galactic astronauts to space with our ‘Galactic 06’ mission.”