SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
May 25, 2023, noon - May 25, 2023, 10 p.m.
May 25, 2023, noon - May 25, 2023, 10 p.m.
Virgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.
VSS Unity has landed.
SS2 drop
Probable close to drop time.
Waiting for cabin preparations to complete.
SS2 drop soon.
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.
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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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