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Galactic 01

SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic

Launch Status
Success

Crew

Michael Masucci

Michael Masucci

Status: Active
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Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 12/11/2013
Last Flight: 9/8/2023

Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.

Nicola Pecile

Nicola Pecile

Status: Active
3/11/1973 -
Nationality: Italian
Type: Private
First Flight: 4/26/2023
Last Flight: 9/8/2023

Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.

Colin Bennett

Colin Bennett

Status: Active
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Nationality: Scottish-American
Type: Private
First Flight: 7/11/2021
Last Flight: 9/8/2023

Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.

Angelo Landolfi

Angelo Landolfi

Status: Active
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Nationality: Italian
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/29/2023
Last Flight: 6/29/2023

Italian Air Force physician selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.

Pantaleone Carlucci

Pantaleone Carlucci

Status: Active
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Nationality: Italian
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/29/2023
Last Flight: 6/29/2023

Italian National Research Council technical engineer and pilot selected to fly on the Virgin Galactic 01 mission.

Walter Villadei

Walter Villadei

Status: Active
4/29/1974 -
Nationality: Italian
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/29/2023
Last Flight: 6/29/2023

Italian Air Force mission commander on the Virgin Galactic 01 flight. Backup pilot for the Axiom Space Mission 2, qualified on Soyuz, ISS systems, and Orlan for EVA activities.

Mission

Galactic 01

Type: Biology

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Trajectory

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Location

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

82 rockets have launched from Air launch to Suborbital flight.

Spaceport America, Air launch to Suborbital flight

Agency

Virgin Galactic – VG

  • Type: Private
  • Abbreviation: VG
  • Administration: Founder: Richard Branson
  • Founded: 2004
  • Launchers: VMS Eve
  • Spacecraft: VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity
  • Country: USA

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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