The new age of hasn’t arrived quite yet.

Richard Branson’s is delaying the launch of its , a vessel for both tourists and research opportunities to reach suborbital flight. The craft was set to debut in summer 2026 but is now slated for the fall of that year, reported.

The British American company has paused all commercial operations since June 2024 in anticipation of the Delta commercial flight’s launch next year, after which tourism trips will resume. The updated timeline follows quarterly financial results that fell short of analysts’ expectations.

reported about $410,000 in revenue for the second quarter, slightly below the $420,000 forecasted by analysts polled by . The company also reduced the size of its in-house engineering team and overall workforce by 7 percent as it fights to

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