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Virgin Galactic Unity 23
VSS Unity in February 2016
Mission typeCrewed suborbital spaceflight
OperatorVirgin Galactic
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftVSS Unity
Spacecraft typeSpaceShipTwo
ManufacturerThe Spaceship Company
Crew
Members
Start of mission
Launch date2022
Launch siteSpaceport America Runway 34
Deployed fromVMS Eve
End of mission
Landing siteSpaceport America Runway 34

Virgin Galactic Unity 23 is a planned sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which is intended to launch in 2022.[1][2] It is a research mission for the Italian Air Force. The crew will consist of pilots Frederick Sturckow and Michael Masucci as well as crewmembers Beth Moses, Walter Villadei, Angelo Landolfi, and Pantaleone Carlucci. The flight was postponed from its original planned October 2021 flight date for Virgin Galactic to upgrade its SpaceShipTwo vehicles. [3]

Crew

Position Crew
Pilot United States Frederick W. Sturckow
Seventh spaceflight
Co-Pilot United States Michael Masucci
Third spaceflight
Passenger United States Beth Moses
Third spaceflight
Physician Italy Angelo Landolfi
First spaceflight
Engineer Italy Walter Villadei
First spaceflight
Engineer Italy Pantaleone Carlucci
First spaceflight

References

  1. ^ "Virgin Galactic Announces First Commercial Research Mission". Virgin Galactic. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Virgin Galactic Provides Update on Unity 23 Test Flight". investors.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ @virgingalactic (14 October 2021). "Flight test program update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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