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Mike Wall

Virgin Galactic on track to start launching customers again in 2026, but seat prices will rise

A metallic dark-purple space plane sits inside a hangar.

Virgin Galactic's spaceflight drought will last just about two years, if all goes according to plan.

The suborbital space tourism company last went to the final frontier in June 2024, on the final flight of its VSS Unity space plane. Virgin retired Unity to focus on developing its new, more efficient "Delta class" vehicles — and the first of those advanced, six-passenger ships remains on track to debut next year, according to the company.

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