VSS Unity 22
SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Michael Masucci
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- 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.

David Mackay
- Birthday: 01/01/1957
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- First Flight: 06/29/2012
- Last Flight: 07/11/2021
Astronaut David William Donald Mackay AFC is the British Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic, and a former RAF test pilot. He is ...

Sirisha Bandla
- Birthday: 01/22/1988
- Role: Passenger
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/11/2021
- Last Flight: 07/11/2021
Sirisha Bandla is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Galactic between from 2015 until 2020 when she joined Virgin Orbi...

Sir Richard Branson
- Birthday: 07/18/1950
- Role: Passenger
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- First Flight: 07/11/2021
- Last Flight: 07/11/2021
Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate and founder of the Virgin Group. He later founded both Virgin Galactic and...

Colin Bennett
- Role: Passenger
- Nationality: United States of America
- 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 n...

Beth Moses
- Birthday: 05/30/1980
- Role: Passenger
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 02/22/2019
- Last Flight: 10/06/2023
Beth Moses is Chief Astronaut Instructor and Interiors Program Manager for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo program, and is a c...
Mission
VSS Unity 22
- Type: Tourism
- Orbit: Suborbital
Powered flight of VSS Unity on the first fully crewed flight. Including the founder Sir Richard Branson.
Rocket
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.
Agency
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.
Best wishes Richard and the crew for a successful safe flight and more to come in the future.
I just heard some deep rumblings near Cape Canaveral area in Florida – at about 11:41. Could that be related in any way to the sonic events of the Virgin Galactic flight??? Sounded like sonic booms but a bit quieter…
Oops- prob thunder :/
Way to go Senor Branson!Catch you on Flip side,Virgin Galactic.
Perfect Sir Richard the universe has opened to us all now .