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Virgin Galactic prepares VSS Unity for its final voyage

Virgin Galactic prepares VSS Unity for its final voyage

by Calum Wilson | Space

Virgin Galactic’s ‘Galactic 07’ flight window will open on June 8, 2024, the company’s final mission for the VSS Unity; its SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. “‘Galactic 07’ will mark and celebrate...
Galactic 01 reaches space

Galactic 01 reaches space

by Olivia Beresford | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space

At 8:30am MT, the Galactic 01 spaceflight took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, reaching an altitude of around 53 miles.   The spaceflight evaluated and measured hypergravity to microgravity transition effects on the human body, including both biological and...
Virgin Galactic announces ‘Galactic 01’ crew onboard first commercial spaceflight

Virgin Galactic announces ‘Galactic 01’ crew onboard first commercial spaceflight

by Olivia Beresford | Adventure Travel, Editorial Comment, Flight, Space

This mission represents a new era in government-funded commercial human-tended research missions. The crew will board VSS Unity for a 90-minute flight to conduct a series of suborbital science experiments. The mission’s two objectives are to conduct 13 human-tended...
Virgin Galactic opens sales for commercial space flights

Virgin Galactic opens sales for commercial space flights

by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Editorial Comment, Space

Following the successful first fully crewed spaceflight on July 11, Virgin Galactic has now reopened sales for its commercial space flights. For the private astronaut market, Virgin Galactic will have three consumer offerings: i) a single seat; ii) a multi‐seat...
Branson to fly with Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission on July 11

Branson to fly with Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission on July 11

by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Editorial Comment, Space

In the billionaire race to be the first on a commercial flight into the edge of space, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson plans to pip Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos with a flight planned for July 11. (Bezos first planned space flight is set for July 20). “Astronaut 001”...

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