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VSS Unity 24

SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic

Launch Status
Success

Crew


Nicola Pecile

Nicola Pecile

  • Birthday: 03/11/1973
  • Role: Pilot
  • Nationality: Italian
  • First Flight: 04/26/2023
  • Last Flight: 06/08/2024

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

Frederick W. Sturckow

Frederick W. Sturckow

  • Birthday: 08/11/1961
  • Role: Pilot
  • Nationality: American
  • First Flight: 12/04/1998
  • Last Flight: 01/26/2024

Frederick Wilford “Rick” Sturckow is an Engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and STS-105 as a pilot and STS-117 and STS-128 as a commander. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of two people to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.

Mission


VSS Unity 24

  • Type: Test Flight
  • Orbit: Suborbital

Unpowered glide test

Location


Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Spaceport America has witnessed the launch of 14 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts, while Air launch to Suborbital flight, has been the site for 86 rocket launches.

Spaceport America

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.

SpaceShipTwo

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.

Virgin Galactic
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