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Article "Virgin Galactic successfully flies tourists to space for first time"
Six individuals were aboard VSS Unity space plane, including first mother-daughter duo to venture to space together

by Maya Yang
August 10, 2023

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Galactic 03 - Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight

Sep 8, 2023

Galactic 03 - Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight – was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 8 September 2023, at 08:34 local time. VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported three private passengers: Ken Baxter, Timothy Nash and Adrian Reynard; as well as Beth Moses (Chief Astronaut Instructor). The flight reached an apogee of 55 miles (88,5 km).

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Galactic 04 spaceflight

Oct 7, 2023

Galactic 04 - Virgin Galactic’s fourth commercial spaceflight and fifth successful human space mission in five months - was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 6 October 2023, at 09:28 local time. VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported three private passengers: Ron Rosano, Trevor Beattie and Namira Salim; as well as Beth Moses (Chief Astronaut Instructor). The flight reached an apogee of 54.3 miles (~87 km).

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Galactic 05 spaceflight

Nov 2, 2023

Galactic 05 - Virgin Galactic’s fifth commercial spaceflight and sixth successful human space mission in six months - was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 2 November 2023, at 09:00 local time. VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported three passengers: Dr. Alan Stern, Kellie Gerardi, Ketty Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge; as well as Colin Bennett (Astronaut Instructor). The flight reached an apogee of 54.2m miles (~87 km).

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Galactic 06 spaceflight

Jan 26, 2024

Galactic 06, Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight, was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 26 January 2024, at 10:00 local time. VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported four passengers: Lina Borozdina, Robie Vaughn, Franz Haider, Neil Kornswiet. The flight reached an apogee of 55.2m miles (~88.8 km). “Galactic 06’ flight marked the first time all four seats aboard VSS Unity were occupied by private astronauts”.

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Galactic 07 spaceflight

Jun 8, 2024

Galactic 07, Virgin Galactic’s seventh commercial spaceflight, was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 8 June 2024, at 08:31 local time. VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported four passengers (Tuva Cihangir Atasever, Anand “Andy” Harish Sadhwani, Irving Izchak Pergament, Giorgio Manenti) and several suborbital research payloads. The flight reached an apogee of 54.4 miles (~87.5 km).