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On 29 June 2023, Virgin Galactic flew their first commercial suborbital spaceflight mission, Galactic 01, with their suborbital spaceplane VSS Unity. Onboard Unity were three employees of the company and three passengers (whose flight had been paid from outside the company) from the Italian Air Force and Italy’s National Research Council. [12]
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2023, including launches planned for 2023 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2023 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2023, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023.
2023 in spaceflight. ... History of spaceflight; References External links. Generic references: Spaceflight portal. This page was last edited on 12 February 2025 ...
Maiden flight of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-2 launch vehicle. First successful launch of a Chinese privately funded, liquid fueled kerolox rocket. Space Pioneer became the first private company to successfully launch a liquid fueled rocket to orbit on its first attempt. 2 April 14:29 [98] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-215 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of 100 km (62 mi) and safely parachuted back to Earth.
Reached an altitude of 85.1 km (52.9 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. — Frederick Sturckow Kelly Latimer Beth Moses Jon Goodwin Keisha Schahaff Anastatia Mayers: 10 August 2023 Galactic 02. Reached an altitude of 88.5 km (55.0 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space. 353 Jasmin Moghbeli Andreas Mogensen (2) Satoshi Furukawa (2 ...
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]
Galactic 03 (G03) was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, launched on 8 September 2023. It was the third commercial spaceflight and eighth overall spaceflight for American aerospace company Virgin Galactic. [1]