Virgin Galactic reschedules test flight due to New Mexico lockdown

  • 11/16/2020
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(Reuters) - Virgin Galactic SPCE.N has rescheduled a test flight planned from its New Mexico spaceport later this week after the U.S. state imposed fresh COVID-19 restrictions, billionaire Richard Branson"s space tourism firm said on Monday. The company is aiming to obtain a commercial operating license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration after conducting a certain number of test flights. Virgin Galactic’s latest space test flight was planned for between Nov. 19-23, and will now be rescheduled for another time. New Mexico has enacted a stay-at-home order through Nov. 30 amid surging coronavirus cases. Virgin Galactic has said it has 600 customers who have signed up to fly a suborbital flight for $250,000 a ticket, and more than 400 more who have expressed interest.

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