2021: The Year Of Space Tourism. Check Out How Many Commercial Spaceflights Took Flight

New Delhi: The year 2021 has been a substantial year for space tourism. Several non-astronauts made it to space, with billionaires putting their money in the new business avenue. There were as many as 13 human spaceflight missions this year. Of these, seven were commercial spaceflight missions, and one was a commercial agreement between a space agency and media entities. From the first feature film shot in space to the oldest man going to space, several milestones were achieved this year. Following is the list of commercial spaceflight missions of 2021: May 2021: Virgin Galactic Unity 21 On May 22, 2021, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, an American spaceflight company, successfully launched its first spaceflight, and took a step forward to space tourism. The mission, called Virgin Galactic Unity 21, was a suborbital flight and was piloted by David Mackay and co-piloted by Frederick Sturckow. The mission was Mackay's second spaceflight, and Sturckow's sixth spaceflight. The crew was carried aboard the SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity spacecraft, atop the Virgin Galactic carrier mothership VMS Eve. The VSS Unity spacecraft is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, which is owned by Virgin Galactic. This was the first human spaceflight to be launched from Spaceport America, a spaceport licensed by… Read full this story

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