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Thread: SpaceShipTwo, SpaceShip III, suborbital, air-launched spaceplanes designed for space tourism, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

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    Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Unity Soars in 2nd Powered Flight

    Published on May 30, 2018

    Virgin Galactic's suborbital space plane 'Unity' had its second powered flight on May 29, 2018.
    "Success! Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces 2nd Powered Test Flight"

    by Mike Wall
    May 29, 2018

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    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

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    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

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    Virgin Galactic in space for the second time

    Published on Feb 24, 2019

    On 22nd February 2019, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo flew into space at three times the speed of sound with three crew members on board.

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    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.

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    Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity lands at new Spaceport America home

    Feb 18, 2020

    Virgin Galactic is moving to New Mexico! Watch the VSS Unity and its mothership Eve land at Spaceport America.
    "Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane arrives at New Mexico spaceport"

    by Mike Wall
    February 14, 2020

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    SpaceShipTwo Unity completes first flight from Spaceport America

    May 3, 2020

    This glide flight marks the inaugural solo flight of VSS Unity in New Mexico and as such is an important flight test milestone in preparation for commercial service.

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    Virgin Galactic Spaceship cabin design reveal

    Jul 28, 2020

    Join a virtual walkthrough of SpaceShipTwo Unity's cabin, curated by our design team.
    Want to fly to space with us? Join our community of Spacefarers to take One Small Step towards reserving your seat on our flights.

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    SpaceShipTwo Unity landing

    Dec 12, 2020

    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 traces SpaceShipTwo launch abort to bad computer connection"
    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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