Virgin Galactic soars, China's Mars rover, Blue Origin & more in VFS Weekly

Virgin Galactic launched its first fully crewed spaceflight with Richard Branson, new Pluto flight simulations were created from New Horizons imagery, China's Mars rover took closeups of its parachute and backshell, Blue Origin flight details are outlined and listen to sounds created from NASA's June probe. Virgin Galactic launches Richard Branson to space in 1st fully crewed flight of VSS Unity https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-unity-22-branson-flight-success Blue Origin will launch an 18-year-old as its final passenger on 1st crewed flight https://www.space.com/blue-origin-18-year-old-passenger-identity-revealed China's Mars rover Zhurong just found its parachute and backshell https://www.space.com/china-mars-rover-zhurong-parachute-photos