Virgin Galactic to Launch Space Tourism Flight as Waiting Lists Grow
Skift Take
Virgin Galactic plans to send a handful of paying passengers to the edge of space on June 8 as the space industry continues to grow and diversify.
“So far, there are about 3,000 to 4,000 people on the waiting lists for these trips,” said David Doughty, co-founder of the space travel agency RocketBreaks. His agency has secured contracts with seven tourists looking to launch into orbit and has set a date for one.
Virgin Galactic’s flight will take off from New Mexico on Saturday and carry three private passengers from California, New York, and Italy. Tuva Cihangir Atasever, a researcher-astronaut from infrastructure company Axiom Space, and two commanders will accompany them.
Virgin Galactic has not released the identities of the private passengers.
In an email to Skift, the company said, “We don’t consider our mission to take people to sp
