“These spaceflights will be slotted in our manifest immediately after we fly the current members of our founding astronaut community, many of whom have been anticipating their spaceflight for several years,” he said.

The company started ticket sales about two decades ago and says it currently has a backlog of more than 650 customers. In its annual report for 2024, filed in February 2025, the company said it had a backlog of about 700 customers as of the end of 2024.

Virgin Galactic reported $2 million in revenue for 2025 and a net loss of $279 million. It ended the year with $338 million in cash and equivalents on hand.