SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03
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Launch Window
May 22, 2021, 3:27 p.m. - May 22, 2021, 3:27 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
May 22, 2021, 3:27 p.m. - May 22, 2021, 3:27 p.m.
Powered test flight of VSS Unity carrying technology experiments for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.
Successful test flight and landing of VSS Unity.
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
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.
INFO WIKI
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"We will immediately begin processing the data."
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