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VSS Enterprise GF24

SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic

Launch Status
Success

Crew

Mark Stucky

Mark Stucky

Status: Retired
11/9/1958 -
Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 10/28/2010
Last Flight: 6/25/2020

Mark P. "Forger" Stucky was an American test pilot and commercial astronaut for Virgin Galactic. He left the company in July 2021.

Clint Nichols

Clint Nichols

Status: Active
1/1/1970 -
Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 11/17/2010
Last Flight: 9/5/2013

Clint Nichols is an Aerospace Engineer and Test Pilot for Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceflight program.

Birthdate is unknown.

Mission

VSS Enterprise GF24

Type: Test Flight

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Trajectory

The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.

Location

Mojave Air and Space Port

Air launch to Suborbital flight

79 rockets have launched from Air launch to Suborbital flight.

Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to Suborbital flight

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo – Virgin Galactic

  • Family: SpaceShipTwo
  • Length: 18 m
  • Diameter: 8.2 m
  • Launch Mass: 9 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 0 kg

The SpaceShipTwo was manufactured by Virgin Galactic with the first launch on 2010-10-10. SpaceShipTwo has 55 successful launches and 5 failed launches with a total of 60 launches. 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.

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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