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    The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) was an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The...
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  • ship in space this year". Reuters. Retrieved 28 February 2012. "VIRGIN GALACTIC BREAKS SPEED OF SOUND IN FIRST ROCKET-POWERED FLIGHT OF SPACESHIPTWO"...
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  • follow SpaceShipTwo. It was first teased on the Virgin Galactic Twitter account on 25 February 2021 announcing the rollout of the first SpaceShip III plane...
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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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    Enterprise crash occurred on October 31, 2014, when the VSS Enterprise, a SpaceShipTwo experimental spaceflight test vehicle operated by Virgin Galactic, suffered...
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    '14 '15 '16 '17 '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...
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    with SpaceShipTwo would be successful, the follow-up would be known as SpaceShipThree. On 13 December 2018, VSS Unity achieved the SpaceShipTwo project's...
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    Carry Test Flight in Photos". Space.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024. "Virgin Galactic launches SpaceShipTwo to the edge of space". the Guardian. 13 December...
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    VSS Enterprise (category SpaceShipTwo)
    also the first ship of the Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo class, based on upscaling the design of record-breaking SpaceShipOne. The VSS Enterprise's...
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    Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the company. On April...
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    commercial program to achieve sub-orbital flight was Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo program in 2018. Criteria for commercial astronaut status in other countries...
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    Michael Alsbury (category Space program fatalities)
    on October 31, 2014, during test flight PF04 of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise. Michael was born to Rich and Linda Alsbury in Santa Clara...
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    Scaled Composites Model 348 White Knight Two (WK2) is a quadjet cargo aircraft that was used to lift the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spacecraft to release altitude...
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    MotherShip (VMS) Eve (Tail number: N348MS) is a carrier mothership for Virgin Galactic and launch platform for SpaceShipTwo-class Virgin SpaceShips. VMS...
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  • sub-orbital flight; examples include crewed vehicles, such as the X-15 and SpaceShipTwo, and uncrewed ones, such as ICBMs and sounding rockets. Flights which...
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    same market, suborbital space tourism, with the space capsule New Shepard and the spaceplane SpaceShipTwo, respectively. The two systems made their first...
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  • The Spaceship Company (category Mojave Air and Space Port)
    Galactic's Virgin SpaceShip program. Virgin Galactic was announced to be the launch customer for the SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo vehicles. Virgin placed...
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    Galactic 07 (category SpaceShipTwo)
    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....
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    Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (category SpaceShipTwo)
    Virgin 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...
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    prototype rocket Vector-R 0.1 by Vector Space Systems December 13, 2018 - The VSS Unity, a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo class vehicle, reaches suborbital spaceflight...
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    Burt Rutan (category Space advocates)
    to work on developing SpaceShipTwo, but it has stopped predicting when commercial spaceflights will begin. A further SpaceshipTwo accident on October 31...
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  • Scaled Composites (category Mojave Air and Space Port)
    occurred during testing of SpaceShipTwo's systems, killing three employees and injuring three more. On October 31, 2014, the SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke...
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    Scaled Composites White Knight (category SpaceShipOne)
    Two, a descendant which carries SpaceShipTwo into flight as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet. Following the SpaceShipOne flights, the White Knight was...
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    Spaceplane (redirect from Space plane)
    function. Two piloted suborbital rocket-powered aircraft have reached space: the North American X-15 and SpaceShipOne; a third, SpaceShipTwo, has crossed...
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    10 launches Frederick W. Sturckow (USA), Space Shuttle and SpaceShipTwo (1998–2024) Note: The six SpaceShipTwo flights surpass the U.S. definition of spaceflight...
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  • Group, which is developing a privately funded spacecraft called SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, in conjunction with Scaled Composites to offer sub-orbital...
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    On October 22, a ceremonial flypass of Spaceport America was made by SpaceShipTwo to celebrate the completion of the runway. By October 2010, with the...
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    Galactic 01 (category SpaceShipTwo)
    previously referred to as Unity 23, was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which launched on 29 June 2023. The launch was the first...
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    for the successful launch of SpaceShipOne twice in a row in two weeks, which were the criteria. In 2010, the SpaceShipTwo launch vehicle began launching...
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    Galactic 04 (category SpaceShipTwo)
    Galactic 04 was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 6 October 2023. It was the fourth commercial spaceflight...
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