SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02
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Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.
VSS Unity
Serial N202VG
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 2023-08-10T15:33:02+0000
Crew
Frederick W. Sturckow
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-08-11
Status Active
Type Private
Kelly Latimer
Beth Moses
Instructor
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1980-05-30
Status Active
Type Private
Anastatia Mayers
Passenger
Nationality Antiguan
Date Of Birth
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Jon Goodwin
Passenger
Nationality British
Date Of Birth 1943-06-19
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Keisha Schahaff
Passenger
Nationality Antiguan
Date Of Birth
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
SpaceShipTwo
Height 18.00 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 310 kN
Diameter 8.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 9 Tonnes
Launch Success 62
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 2010-10-10
Launch Failures 5
Updates
Nosu
2023-08-10T15:38:33+0000
Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
Nosu
2023-08-10T15:22:08+0000
Release of VSS Unity
Nosu
2023-08-10T15:16:56+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2023-08-10T15:06:19+0000
Updating drop time per countdown on stream
LL2
2023-08-10T14:52:27+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-08-10T11:58:56+0000
NET 15:00 UTC per livestream start time
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-08-04T08:07:15+0000
GO for launch.
hitura-nobad
2023-07-26T09:54:50+0000
Updated T-0
Nosu
2023-07-13T12:38:12+0000
Targeting August 10
Nosu
2023-06-15T20:16:56+0000
Adding launch NET early August
Related Events
Virgin Galactic Galactic-02 Post Flight Press Conference
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The press conference will feature the Galactic 02 crew and their experiences aboard Virgin Galactic's first private astronaut mission.
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The Launch Pad
