Virgin Galactic reveals crew members for the company’s first commercial spaceflight

An image showing Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity and VMS Eve flying in the sky Image: Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic has revealed the crew members who will be aboard the upcoming “Galactic 01” mission on June 29th, the company’s first fully commercial crewed spaceflight. Announced on Monday, Colin Bennett, Virgin Galactic’s lead astronaut instructor, will be joined by Walter Villadei and Angelo Landolfi — two senior members of the Italian airforce — and Pantaleone Carlucci, a pilot and technical engineer from the National Research Council of Italy.

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