Galactic 05

Michael Masucci

• Role: Commander
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 12/11/2013
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

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

Kelly Latimer

• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 08/10/2023
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

Pilot working for Virgin Galactic. First Spaceflight during the Galactic-02 Mission.

Colin Bennett

• Role: Instructor
• Nationality: Scottish-American
• First Flight: 07/11/2021
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

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.

Kellie Gerardi

• Birthday: 02/16/1989
• Role: Passenger
• Nationality: USA
• First Flight: 11/02/2023
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

Kellie Gerardi is an American aerospace, defense, and technology professional and a popular science communicator.

Ketty Maisonrouge

• Role: Passenger
• Nationality: Italian
• First Flight: 11/02/2023
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

Passenger on Galactic 05.

Sol Alan Stern

• Birthday: 11/22/1957
• Role: Passenger
• Nationality: USA
• First Flight: 11/02/2023
• Last Flight: 11/02/2023

Sol Alan Stern is an American engineer and planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express.

Galactic 05

• Type: Tourism
• Orbit: Suborbital

Fifth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Spaceport America has witnessed the launch of 13 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts, while Air launch to Suborbital flight, has been the site for 85 rocket launches.

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

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.

Virgin Galactic

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.