Virgin Galactic has been given the FAA’s main license to fly passengers into space, something that is still done by the company to do during the summer. The agreement extended the Virgin Galactic license which exists by the US Federal flight administration to bring the cargo to outside, and comes after the May 22 test flight proved successful.
Virgin Galactic has held a license of commercial space transportation operators with FAA since 2016. But as suggested by the name, which only allows companies to run cargo operations; If you want to bring paying passengers, further approval is needed.
Test flights on May 2021 VMS Eve and VSS Unity are designed to produce the last evidence that the FAA is needed to give the agreement. This is the first time spaceflight was launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico, and the third spaceflight crewed for Virgin Galactic. With a maximum height of 55.5 miles – or nearly 300,000 feet – it is considered a successful flight into space.
“The rocket-powered test of horizontal stabilizers enhanced by spaceships and flight control shows strong performance, in line with predictions,” Virgin Galactic said in a statement about the test. “This enhanced system, which allows for better pilot control, will also be deployed on future spacecraft in the company’s fleet.”
Meanwhile, he also managed to carry out three paid research experiments, with NASA’s flight opportunity program placing a micro test trio on the board. Finally, Virgin Galactic said that the cabin environment data dropped in line with predictions.
The latest version of the FAA license, LRLO-16-092B (Rev 3), has not been uploaded to the agency database at the time of publication.
This was the first time, Virgin Galactic said, that the FAA had licensed the space line to fly customers. What is interesting is a blue plan from Jeff Bezos to run passenger flights into space ahead of the Virgin Galactic schedule, with the Amazon billionaire will be among the initial crew at the launch of July 2021 July 2021.
Virgin Galactic saw space tourism as a major business opportunity, along with the spread of cargo and micro research or zero gravity. The company exhibited its new Spaceship III class – a sparkling vision in the chrome polished in March, even though it would only enter land testing this year. Glide flights are expected to begin during the summer, and the spacecraft can finally be used to carry out private missions to international space stations in partnership with NASA.