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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Virgin Galactic (redirect from Virgin Space Ship)
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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VSS Unity (redirect from SpaceShipTwo, Serial Number Two)
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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VSS Enterprise crash (redirect from WhiteKnightTwo-SpaceShipTwo powered flight 4)
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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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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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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List of Virgin Galactic launches (section SpaceShipTwo)
'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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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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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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List of crewed spacecraft (section SpaceShipTwo (2018))
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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Sub-orbital spaceflight (redirect from Sub-orbital space flight)
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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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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VMS Eve (redirect from Virgin Mother Ship Eve)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RocketMotorTwo (RM2) is a family of hybrid rocket engines developed for the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The first-generation...
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Spaceport America (redirect from South west Regional Space port)
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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List of spaceflight records (redirect from Space firsts)
border of space at 50 mi (80.47 km). 10 launches Frederick W. Sturckow (USA), Space Shuttle and SpaceShipTwo (1998–2024) Note: The six SpaceShipTwo flights...
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plans to travel to space as a "Founder Astronaut" on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo with her husband George T. Whitesides, 2024 Democratic Congressional...
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