Christopher Huie

American - (VG)

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Aerospace engineer, senior manager of Virgin Galactic's Flight Sciences Engineering team.

Spaceflight Record

Christopher Huie flew on one previous launch(es).

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
May 25, 2023, 4:23 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

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

Suborbital

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Founder: Richard Branson

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.

Recent Launches

Ceres-1S

Success

8 hours, 1 minute ago

Tianqi 37-40

Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Long March 2C

Success

1 day ago

AlSat 3A

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Earth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 10 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-98

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 8A

Success

2 days, 12 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 18

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

Long March 6A

Success

2 days, 13 hours ago

Yaogan 50-01

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Yaogan 50-01 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.