Galactic 01
SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
Crew

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
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
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
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
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
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.

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.