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VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane for Virgin Galactic, [10] was the first SpaceShipTwo built by The Spaceship Company. The ship's name was announced on 19 February 2016. [ 4 ] Prior to the naming announcement, the craft was referred to as SpaceShipTwo, Serial Number Two .
Following the disaster, the second SpaceShipTwo craft, VSS Unity, was completed in 2016, and began testing. In January 2015, Scaled Composites test pilot Mark "Forger" Stucky was hired by Virgin Galactic as a test pilot. [3] Stucky had been closely involved with the development of SpaceShipTwo during his tenure with Scaled.
Virgin Galactic Unity 22 was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which launched on 11 July 2021. [1] The crew consisted of pilots David Mackay and Michael Masucci as well as passengers Sirisha Bandla , Colin Bennett, Beth Moses , and Richard Branson .
That goal could be met within the next couple of years, when Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, flies as a passenger on the first commercial flight of the VSS Unity. Virgin Galactic's VSS ...
The fully crewed suborbital flight, aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity is a major win for Branson's pioneering space-line and the company’s investment in space tourism. "It's one of the best ...
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity recently flew its second rocket-powered flight merely a couple of months after its first. That's definitely a victory for the company, considering it designed Unity to ...
Jun. 6—It's almost time for VSS Unity to stand down. The spaceship's last commercial flight out of Spaceport America is Saturday. Then, it'll be all hands on deck for spaceflight company Virgin ...
Virgin Galactic Unity 25 was a sub-orbital spaceflight by Virgin Galactic that took place on 25 May 2023. The flight used their SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity. The crew consisted of six Virgin Galactic employees. Unity 25 was the first spaceflight for the company since Unity 22 in 2021, when founder Richard Branson flew to space. [1]