SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25

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.

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VSS Unity 25

Virgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.

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VSS Unity


Serial N202VG

Launch Crew Count 6

Status Retired

Landing Time 2023-05-25T16:37:00+0000


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Crew

Michael Masucci

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status Active

Type Private


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

Passenger

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status Active

Type Private


Jamila Gilbert

Passenger

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status Active

Type Private


Luke Mays

Passenger

Nationality American

Date Of Birth

Status Active

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


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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T16:41:04+0000

VSS Unity has landed.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T16:24:05+0000

SS2 drop

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T16:20:22+0000

Probable close to drop time.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T16:08:51+0000

Waiting for cabin preparations to complete.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T16:02:56+0000

SS2 drop soon.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T15:34:40+0000

SpaceShipTwo drop is roughly 1 hour after take-off (15:17 UTC) per NASASpaceflight’s stream

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T14:53:45+0000

Setting hold until more concrete take-off time is available.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T14:39:10+0000

Pushed back 30 minutes waiting for vehicle start.

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LL2

2023-05-25T14:34:23+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T13:58:46+0000

NET 14:30 UTC.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T23:46:25+0000

Confirmed Go for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-21T14:25:45+0000

Added flight window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-17T11:15:07+0000

NET May 25.

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Nosu

2023-05-08T15:59:24+0000

Adding launch NET late May

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