Follow Us on Google News
WASHINGTON: American company Virgin Galactic has announced that the commercial space tourism service is being launched on June 27, Galactic 01 flight will go to space from June 27 to 30 with 6 people on board.
The company plans to launch a second commercial flight in early August, after which tourists will be sent into space every month.
In Galactic 01, instead of ordinary people, Italian Air Force personnel will be sent to conduct various scientific experiments, after which the series of space flights will be started for the public.
Read more: Digi Pakistan to train one million youth in computer science fields
But the trip to space will not be cheap as each person will be charged 450,000 dollars (about 13 crore Pakistani rupees) for going there.
The company successfully completed its last test flight to space in May. It should be noted that this company has been trying to start a series of commercial flights for space for almost 2 decades, but now it is going to be possible.