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    VSS Enterprise (tail number: N339SS) was the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. As of 2004, it was planned...
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    The VSS Enterprise crash occurred on October 31, 2014, when the VSS Enterprise, a SpaceShipTwo experimental spaceflight test vehicle operated by Virgin...
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    VSS Unity (Virgin Space Ship Unity, registration: N202VG), previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a retired SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered...
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    31, 2014, Siebold and Michael Alsbury were piloting the SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise on flight PF04, when the craft came apart in mid-air and then crashed...
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    organizations. On 31 October 2014, during a test flight, the first SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke up in flight and crashed in the Mojave desert. An investigation...
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  • but the date was delayed, primarily due to the October 2014 crash of VSS Enterprise. The company did the early work on the satellite launch development...
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    '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24   SpaceShipOne   SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise)   SpaceShipTwo (VSS Unity) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 '03 '04 '10 '11...
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    2014, during test flight PF04 of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise. Michael was born to Rich and Linda Alsbury in Santa Clara, California...
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  • NASA's Space Shuttle system IXS Enterprise, a NASA conceptual design for an interstellar ship, c. 2013 VSS Enterprise (2009–2014), a Virgin Galactic commercial...
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  • interstellar ship Space Shuttle Enterprise VSS Enterprise, the inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet Enterprise (train service), between...
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  • building on the Next Generation-era Enterprise (primarily the Enterprise-E), under an official license from CBS. VSS Enterprise, proposed first commercial spacecraft...
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    house" episode. Branson is a Star Trek fan and named his new spaceship VSS Enterprise in honour of the Star Trek spaceships, and in 2006, reportedly offered...
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    SpaceShip III Vehicles SS2 VSS EnterpriseVSS Unity WK2 VMS Eve VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett B747 Cosmic Girl SS3 VSS Imagine VSS Inspire Spaceports Spaceport...
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    Galactic 07 was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 8 June 2024. It was the final launch of Unity. It...
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    Galactic Unity 22 was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which launched on 11 July 2021. The crew consisted of pilots David...
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    to EAA Airventure 2014 in Oshkosh Wisconsin October 31, 2014 — The VSS Enterprise, a Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo class experimental test flight vehicle...
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  • commercial spaceship VSS Enterprise to honor the Star Trek vessel. The United States Navy evaluated the efficiency of the Enterprise bridge's style and...
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  • VSS Imagine (Virgin Space Ship Imagine) is an unflown SpaceShip III-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It was the first SpaceShip III...
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    2024[update], it is not clear if any other SS2 and WK2 vehicles than VSS Enterprise, VSS Unity and VMS Eve will actually be built (especially, as of 2024...
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    SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which took place on 13 December 2018, piloted by Mark P. Stucky and co-piloted by Frederick W. "CJ" Sturckow. VSS Unity was carried...
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  • 2021. By June 2024, development of the two SpaceShip III vehicles, VSS Imagine and VSS Inspire was canceled, with the intention of using the vehicles for...
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  • world, notably Starship Enterprise from Star Trek which gave its name to Space Shuttle Enterprise and to the VSS Enterprise. For other ships from Star...
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  • Mission" VSS Enterprise crash 22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named VSS Enterprise suffers a...
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    hired as a test pilot in 2009. The first instance of SpaceShipTwo, the VSS Enterprise, made its first flight in 2010; Stucky piloted several test flights...
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    SpaceShip III Vehicles SS2 VSS EnterpriseVSS Unity WK2 VMS Eve VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett B747 Cosmic Girl SS3 VSS Imagine VSS Inspire Spaceports Spaceport...
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    Programs / Ships SpaceShipOne White Knight One SpaceShipTwo VSS EnterpriseVSS Unity White Knight Two VMS Eve VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett RocketMotorTwo...
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    commercial operations. On December 13, 2018, he reached outer space with the VSS Unity according to America's definition of the space border. Wikimedia Commons...
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    October 2014 VSS Enterprise PF04 Michael Alsbury Michael Alsbury was killed and Peter Siebold was seriously injured when SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise disintegrated...
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    The VSS was an American rock band from Boulder, Colorado, United States. The VSS formed in 1995 after the breakup of the hardcore group Angel Hair. Vocalist...
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  • employees and injuring three more. On October 31, 2014, the SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke apart during an in-flight powered test. The incident killed one...
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