Nicola Pecile

Italian - (VG)

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Date of Birth: March 11, 1973
Age: 51

Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.

Spaceflight Record

Nicola Pecile flew on five previous launch(es).

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 26, 2023, 1:47 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Unpowered glide test

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 8, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Third commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 06

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Jan. 26, 2024, 5:42 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Sixth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 07

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 8, 2024, 3:26 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Seventh commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

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

Long March 3

Success

4 days, 16 hours ago

WHG-03

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese communication satellite with name meaning "Satellite Internet - High Orbit Satellite 03" in Chinese. Details TBD.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week ago

Hera

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

Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary…

Vulcan VC2S

Success

1 week, 3 days ago

Certification Flight 2

Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload tes…

Falcon 9

Success

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Crew-9

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

SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew…

Long March 2D

Success

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Shijian 19

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Shijian 19 is a Chinese recoverable satellite for hoisting various scientific experiments in microgravity. Unlike previous similar Chinese satelli…