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Artemis 2 was his second spaceflight, following a 165-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014.
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Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Virgin Galactic is set to resume its commercial spaceflights in a rather fortuitous position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Then in July, NASA astronaut Anil Menon on his first spaceflight, will join Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, flying on the Soyuz MS-29 mission launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
But a few months later, in June 2024, Virgin Galactic stopped flying VSS Unity to focus on the development of its next-generation vehicle capable of more frequent, lower-cost spaceflights.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Virgin Galactic is set to resume its commercial spaceflights in a rather fortuitous position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Then in July, NASA astronaut Anil Menon on his first spaceflight, will join Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, flying on the Soyuz MS-29 mission launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
But a few months later, in June 2024, Virgin Galactic stopped flying VSS Unity to focus on the development of its next-generation vehicle capable of more frequent, lower-cost spaceflights.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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