VSS Unity second rocket powered flight
Published on May 30, 2018
Watch uncut telescopic footage of VSS Unity's second supersonic rocket powered flight; from release, through boost, into feathered decent and glide
Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Unity Soars in 2nd Powered Flight
Published on May 30, 2018
"Success! Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces 2nd Powered Test Flight"Virgin Galactic's suborbital space plane 'Unity' had its second powered flight on May 29, 2018.
by Mike Wall
May 29, 2018
VSS Unity’s first human passenger
Published on Feb 22, 2019
VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, completed its fifth supersonic powered test flight on 22 February 2019, reaching an apogee of 89.9km (55.85miles, 294,9007ft). VSS Unity was piloted by Virgin Galactic pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Frederick “CJ” Sturckow, with Beth Moses, Virgin Galactic’s Chief Astronaut Instructor, as a passenger.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic brings its first passenger into space | What the Future
Published on Feb 27, 2019
Astronaut trainer Beth Moses becomes Virgin Galactic's first passenger to fly to the edge of space. Also, we check out a new autonomous underwater drone named Orpheus, which was made to explore the deepest parts of Earth's oceans. Lastly, new research suggests that the gene-edited CRISPR babies born late last year might have changes in their cognition from the controversial procedure.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity lands at new Spaceport America home
Feb 18, 2020
"Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane arrives at New Mexico spaceport"Virgin Galactic is moving to New Mexico! Watch the VSS Unity and its mothership Eve land at Spaceport America.
by Mike Wall
February 14, 2020
Virgin Galactic Spaceship cabin design reveal
Jul 28, 2020
Join a virtual walkthrough of SpaceShipTwo Unity's cabin, curated by our design team.
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SpaceShipTwo Unity landing
Dec 12, 2020
"Virgin Galactic traces SpaceShipTwo launch abort to bad computer connection"Today’s flight landed beautifully, with pilots, planes, and spaceship safe, secure, and in excellent shape — the foundation of every successful mission!
Our flight today did not reach space as we had been planning. After being released from its mothership, SpaceShipTwo Unity's onboard computer that monitors the rocket motor lost connection. As designed, this triggered a fail-safe scenario that intentionally halted ignition of the rocket motor. Following this occurrence, our pilots flew back to Spaceport America and landed gracefully as usual.
As we do with every test flight, we are evaluating all the data, including the root cause assessment of the computer communication loss. We look forward to sharing information on our next flight window in the near future.
Virgin Galactic will fly again when VSS Unity is ready.
by Mike Wall
December 14, 2020
"Virgin Galactic remains Wall Street favorite despite rocket snafu"
Multiple analysts kept their price targets and ratings despite the failure
by Chris Ciaccia
December 15, 2020
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