FAA Clears Virgin Galactic To Fly Passengers To Space

Virgin Galactic has announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cleared the company to take passengers into space.

“Today’s approval by the FAA of our full commercial launch license, in conjunction with the success of our May 22 test flight, give us confidence as we proceed toward our first fully crewed test flight this summer,” Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said in a statement on Friday.