June 8 (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic ( SPCE ) flew four

tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane,

marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded

company said on Saturday.

The Galactic 07 mission carried Turkish, U.S. and Italian

passengers to an altitude of about 55 miles (88.51 km) on a

flight lasting slightly more than an hour.

The space tourism company said that mission took off from

and returned to Spaceport America in New Mexico on Saturday.

It marked Virgin's VSS Unity spaceplane's final commercial

flight as the company is now producing its fourth-generation

spaceships expected to enter commercial service in 2026, the

company said in a statement.