(New Mexico Composite Electric) The Virgin Galaxy company under the wealthy Boransen of British business has successfully sent the first batch of paid passengers to space and officially opened its commercial space tourism business.
The first commercial flight task of Virgin Galactic is "Galaxy 1".Three paid members who took the Terry Space Aircraft Unity (VSS Unity) were two Air Force personnel in Italy and aerospace engineers of the State Research Council.There are three units of Virgin, including two pilots of the unity of the driver.
TheTienk number was at around 8:30 am on Thursday (June 29) (Singapore 10:30 pm), equipped with a bilateral jet machine took off from the US Aerospace Port in New Mexico.
After flying for about 40 minutes, the solidarity number broke away from the mother machine, and then started the rocket to accelerate to three times the speed of sound, and rushed straight to the edge of the sky at a height of about 85 kilometers from the sea level.At this point, passengers have a few minutes of weight loss experience and can see the earth from the window.
Italian passengers launched a series of experiments during flight, including measuring the radiation level of the middle layer of the atmosphere, and the mix of certain liquids and solids under micro -gravity.
One of the members of the Italian Air Force Villadi explained that there are only two options who want to work in a micro -gravity environment, that is, you can experience the parabolic thread that can be lost for a few seconds, or go to the International Space Station for a period of time for a period of time.At least half a year's flight task.The space flight services provided by Virgin Galaxy can fill the gap in this area.
After about 75 minutes after leaving the ground with the mother machine, the unity number enters the gliding phase and returns to the US Aerospace Port to land safely.
Veradi said at a press conference: "This is a beautiful journey."His favorite moment is to appreciate the contrast between the dark space and the earth below.
It is planned to take off the second flight fare of $ 200,000 in August
Virgin Galaxy plans to make a second flight in August, and then I hope there will be once a month.At present, Virgin Galaxy has sold 800 space travel air tickets, with fares from $ 200,000 to $ 450,000 (about S $ 270,000 to S $ 610,000).
Branson founded Virgin Galaxy in 2004, and this company has suffered many failures over the past few years.In 2014, a spacecraft disintegrated during the test flight, causing the deputy pilot to die and the pilot were seriously injured.Before the first flight on Thursday, Virgin Galaxy conducted a total of five test flights.
