Virgin Galactic Successfully Launches First Ukrainian Woman and Three Others to Space

The company's sixth commercial space tourism flight marks its first without a company astronaut chaperone on board.

Virgin Galactic successfully launched its sixth commercial space tourism flight, carrying four passengers to the edge of space and back.
The passengers included the first Ukrainian woman to reach space, Lina Borozdina, along with Robie Vaughn and Neil Kornswiet from the United States, and Franz Haider from Austria.
This was Virgin Galactic's first flight without a company astronaut chaperone on board.
The flight marked the 11th sub-orbital spaceflight for the company, bringing the total number of passengers and crew launched to 55 since December 2018.
Virgin Galactic plans to retire the current space plane, VSS Unity, to focus on its forthcoming 'Delta class' vehicle, which is expected to start test flights in 2025.