Virgin Galactic flew its second commercial spaceflight on Thursday, its first carrying private-paying tourists. Virgin Galactic uses a two-step system known as "air launch" to fly its passengers on a suborbital spaceflight. "We did not, in fact" see any fallout from Virgin Galactic customers, Colglazier said. The company completed its first commercial spaceflight, the Galactic 01 mission, in June carrying members of the Italian Air Force. Virgin Galactic has a backlog of about 800 passengers.

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Persons: – CJ Sturckow, Kelly Latimer –, Beth Moses, Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff, Anastatia Mayers, Elon Musk's, Virgin Galactic's, Michael Colglazier, Colglazier Organizations: Virgin Galactic, America, Space, Humanity, Virgin, VSS, Elon, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Italian Air Force . Virgin Galactic Locations: New Mexico, Caribbean