Virgin Galactic signed an agreement with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the ISS.
— announced on Monday that it signed a "Space Act Agreement" with NASA's Johnson Space Center, which leads the agency's astronaut program in Houston.Virgin Galactic's spacecraft Unity comes into land during a glide test flight on May 1, 2020.Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic said it will develop a "private orbital astronaut readiness program," similar to the one it has to prepare tourists for its own flights.
"We are excited to partner with NASA on this private orbital spaceflight program, which will not only allow us to use our spaceflight platform, but also offer our space training infrastructure to NASA and other agencies," Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said in a statement. The announcement did not say how much NASA plans to pay Virgin Galactic under the agreement. Virgin Galactic has 603 reservations for private passengers to fly to space, with the majority of those tickets sold for $200,000 to $250,000 per person. The company has yet to begin commercial service,toward its first flight of a paying customer.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a tweet Friday that the agency will issue requests for information with more details this week.Related Tags
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