VSS Unity PF03
SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
Crew
David Mackay
Status: Active
1/1/1957 -
Nationality: British
Type: Private
First Flight: 6/29/2012
Last Flight: 7/11/2021
Astronaut David William Donald Mackay AFC is the British Chief Pilot of Virgin Galactic, and a former RAF test pilot. He is the first native-born Scot to visit space.
Michael Masucci
Status: Active
-
Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 12/11/2013
Last Flight: 7/11/2021
Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.
Mission
VSS Unity PF03
Type: Test Flight
Powered test flight of VSS Unity.
Location
Mojave Air and Space Port
Air launch to Suborbital flight
77 rockets have launched from Air launch to Suborbital flight.
Agency
Virgin Galactic
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.
