Virgin Galactic announces another human-tended science flight

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Virgin Galactic announces another human-tended science flight

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From Ars Technica:
"Virgin Galactic announced a new contract Thursday for human-tended research aboard its suborbital spacecraft, VSS Unity. The company said that Kellie Gerardi, a researcher and science communicator, would conduct two experiments during an upcoming flight that could happen as early as 2022."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06 ... ce-flight/

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Re: Virgin Galactic announces another human-tended science flight

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Thanks Stephen - very interesting.
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