Virgin Galactic has suffered but every other setback. On Thursday, the corporation informed CNBC it has behind schedule the begin of its business area tourism carrier to the fourth region of 2022. It had formerly was hoping to start presenting paid spaceflights someday withinside the 1/3 region of subsequent year.
With the postpone, the corporation will start refurbishing each its provider plane and spacecraft this month. Virgin Galactic says it expects the complete manner must take among 8 to ten months. As a end result of the move, Unity 23, the corporation’s subsequent flight, won’t take off till mid-2022 on the earliest.
“The re-sequencing of our enhancement duration and the Unity 23 flight underscores our safety-first procedures, affords the maximum green course to business carrier, and is the proper method for our commercial enterprise and our customers,” Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier stated in a statement.
The postpone isn’t linked to the latest research the FAA performed into Unity 22, the flight that took Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson to the brink of area. The federal organization cleared the corporation for destiny flights after finishing the research.