Private space exploration company Virgin Galactic announced it scored a deal with NASA to train private astronauts for spaceflight. Under the Space Act Agreement signed with NASA's Johnson Space Center, Virgin Galactic will develop a new private orbital astronaut readiness program, the company announced
Private space exploration company Virgin Galactic announced it scored a deal with NASA to train private astronauts for spaceflight.
In a statement, NASA described the agreement with Virgin Galactic as"a program to identify candidates interested in purchasing private astronaut missions to the station then procures the transportation, on-orbit resources, and ground resources for private astronaut missions." "Based on the unsurpassed levels of spaceflight customer commitments we have secured to date, we are proud to share that insight in helping to grow another market for the new space economy," he added."We want to bring the planetary perspective to many thousands of people."Stock for Virgin Galactic soared over 15% on news of the NASA deal Monday.
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