Virgin Galactic Unity 23
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![]() VSS Unity in February 2016 | |
Mission type | Crewed suborbital spaceflight |
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Operator | Virgin Galactic |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | VSS Unity |
Spacecraft type | SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Crew | |
Members |
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Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2022 |
Launch site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Deployed from | VMS Eve |
End of mission | |
Landing site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
VSS Unity spaceflights |
Virgin Galactic Unity 23 is a planned sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which is intended to launch in 2022.[1][2] It is a research mission for the Italian Air Force. The crew will consist of pilots Frederick Sturckow and Michael Masucci as well as crewmembers Beth Moses, Walter Villadei, Angelo Landolfi, and Pantaleone Carlucci. The flight was postponed from its original planned October 2021 flight date for Virgin Galactic to upgrade its SpaceShipTwo vehicles. [3]
Crew[]
Position | Crew | |
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Pilot | ![]() Seventh spaceflight | |
Co-Pilot | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Passenger | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Physician | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight |
References[]
- ^ "Virgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Research Mission". Virgin Galactic. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Virgin Galactic Provides Update on Unity 23 Test Flight". investors.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ @virgingalactic (14 October 2021). "Flight test program update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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