How Virgin Galactic Plans to Send You to Space | Countdown to Launch

Space tourism is the next great frontier for mankind and Virgin Galactic is at the forefront with its innovative space planes. » Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist For years, Virgin Galactic has been known as the trailblazer for space tourism, and the reveal of its brand new line of spacesuits (a partnership with Under Armour) only further solidified that fact. The new spacesuits don’t look like the ones we are typically used to, and that’s because Virgin Galactic wants its passengers to be as comfortable and flexible as possible during suborbital flights. With private companies like SpaceX, Boeing, and Blue Origin all developing innovative commercial rockets for human spaceflight, we are in the midst of what some call the “next-generation space race.” And Virgin Galactic remains an ambitious contender by promising to send anyone, that’s right anyone, not just astronauts, to space as early as 2020. The spaceflight company promises a view like you’ve never seen before. And while it’s no secret that Virgin Galactic has had some tragic setbacks including a ground explosion in 2007 and a fatal crash in 2014. After going back to the drawing board and conducting years of test runs, Virgin Galactic accomplished its first successful crewed flight in December 2018. And then another successful spaceflight in February 2019 where the three crew members and NASA scientific payloads reached an altitude of about 89 kilometers above sea level. Find out more about Virgin Galactic’s goal to make traveling to space more accessible and how the company plans to do so on this episode of Countdown to Launch. #SpaceTourism #VirginGalactic #Spaceflight #NASA #CountdownToLaunch #Seeker #Science Countdown to Launch Playlist-https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7unk5w-u8J4RR2EdCck0wV Read More: Virgin Galactic: Mission https://www.virgingalactic.com/mission/ "Virgin Galactic operates th