SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02
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Launch Window
Aug. 10, 2023, 2 p.m. - Aug. 10, 2023, 10 p.m.
Aug. 10, 2023, 2 p.m. - Aug. 10, 2023, 10 p.m.
Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
Release of VSS Unity
Adjusting T-0
Updating drop time per countdown on stream
Livestream has started
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.
SpaceShipTwo Details
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Birth: Aug. 11, 1961
Age: 64
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Birth: May 30, 1980
Age: 45
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Birth: June 19, 1943
Age: 82
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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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