News about Virgin Galactic

First to board #Starliner tonight is #CFT mission commander Butch Wilmore, a retired U.S. Navy captain and veteran of two previous spaceflights to the space station. pic.twitter.com/53bX69LlJR

#AtlasV is on the pad to launch two astronauts for @BoeingSpace's Crew Flight Test on Monday at 10:34:14pmEDT (0234:14 UTC). Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are retired Navy captains, space shuttle fliers and past long-duration residents on the station. bit.ly/av_cft pic.twitter.com/CqyZrUxqro

Great story here from @StephenClark1 on what it's like to fly a new spacecraft for the first time. Includes comments from Bob Crippen! arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/spacex-got-the-fanfare-but-boeings-first-crew-flight-is-still-historic/

Tonight! These two Navy combat/test pilot/astronauts will launch to space, flying the @Boeing spaceship and @ulalaunch rocket for the very first time. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA9UZF-SZoQ Have a great mission Butch and @Astro_Suni! pic.twitter.com/3OWRTa1vVr