After a series of successful commercial spaceflights in 2023 and earlier this year, Virgin Galactic is proudly boasting that it’s operation now accounts for about 5% of the very small number of people who have ever been into space.

Virgin Galactic has this week launched a new ‘NXTGEN Astronaut’ program, appearing to strategically target an audience of those who had previously registered interest in the space program with the publically listed company.

Virgin Galactic’s CEO Michael Colglazier says the company’s highly-anticipated and long-awaited vision of taking passengers into space is on schedule for lift-off in the near future.

Fifteen years after purchasing his ticket to space with Virgin Galactic, Matthew Upchurch, the CEO of Virtuoso, remains steadfastly committed to Richard Branson’s space tourism project.