T+163: Suborbital Crew, Virgin Galactic to ISS

NASA recently established the Suborbital Crew office within the Commercial Crew Program, which will focus on developing a plan to fly personnel on suborbital spaceflights. At the same time, Virgin Galactic signed an agreement with NASA to provide private orbital spaceflights to the ISS.

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Topics

• NASA Developing a Plan to Fly Personnel on Suborbital Spacecraft | NASA
• Virgin Galactic to fly Italian Air Force research mission - SpaceNews.com
• Virgin Galactic Signs Space Act Agreement with NASA for Private Orbital Spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) - Virgin Galactic

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