Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. SPCE are on pace for their highest one-day percentage gain in three weeks. The stock is up 4.7% Wednesday and on track to record its highest one-day percentage gain since Jun 28, when it rose 9.2%. Virgin Galactic shares ended Tuesday’s session up 0.3%, snapping a two-day losing streak. On Monday Virgin Galactic named the three passengers for its first flight to take private astronauts to space. The private space company is targeting Aug. 10 for the Galactic 02 mission, which is its second commercial spaceflight and seventh spaceflight. Last month, the Galactic 01 mission transported three crew members from the Italian air force and the National Research Council of Italy into space to conduct research on microgravity.
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