SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25
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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 25
Virgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.
VSS Unity
Serial N202VG
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 2023-05-25T16:37:00+0000
Crew
Michael Masucci
Frederick W. Sturckow
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1961-08-11
Status Active
Type Private
Beth Moses
Passenger
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1980-05-30
Status Active
Type Private
Christopher Huie
Jamila Gilbert
Luke Mays
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
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T16:41:04+0000
VSS Unity has landed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T16:24:05+0000
SS2 drop
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T16:20:22+0000
Probable close to drop time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T16:08:51+0000
Waiting for cabin preparations to complete.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T16:02:56+0000
SS2 drop soon.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T15:34:40+0000
SpaceShipTwo drop is roughly 1 hour after take-off (15:17 UTC) per NASASpaceflight’s stream
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T14:53:45+0000
Setting hold until more concrete take-off time is available.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T14:39:10+0000
Pushed back 30 minutes waiting for vehicle start.
LL2
2023-05-25T14:34:23+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-25T13:58:46+0000
NET 14:30 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-24T23:46:25+0000
Confirmed Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-21T14:25:45+0000
Added flight window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-17T11:15:07+0000
NET May 25.
Nosu
2023-05-08T15:59:24+0000
Adding launch NET late May
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