Virgin Galactic unveils 3-person crew participating in first private astronaut mission

Virgin Galactic unveiled the identities of the three individuals that the Richard Brason-founded space company will carry on its suborbital Galactic 02 mission next month. 

The announcement, made Monday morning, comes three weeks before the official Aug. 10 opening of the window for Galactic 02’s planned launch. The upcoming mission will represent Virgin Galactic conducting its second-ever commercial flight after the research mission it had in late June and its first for private astronauts, the com