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Virgin Galactic Plans Test Flight Later This Month

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE: SPCE) ย in Tustin said it plans to send a crew of four to space toward the end of this month, in the first flight in nearly two years.

โ€œMission specialists will validate the astronaut experience ahead of first commercial flightโ€ scheduled for late June, ย the company said in a statement today.

The previous test flight took place in July 2021.

Shares in Virgin Galactic closed up 13% at $4.08 apiece for a market cap of $1.1 billion after the announcement.

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Kevin Costelloe
Kevin Costelloe
Tech reporter at Orange County Business Journal
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