NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Unity 22

Launch Time
Sun Jul 11, 2021 15:25 UTC

First fully crewed flight for SpaceShipTwo.

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo
Image Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic
Status: Active
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Strap-ons: 0

Vehicles

Spaceport America

VSS Unity

Flight #8
50 day turnaround

Mission Details

Unity 22

The Unity 22 mission was a flight test for VSS Unity and Virgin Galactic's fourth crewed spaceflight. It was the first flight to carry a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists in the cabin, including the company’s founder, Sir Richard Branson, who tested the private astronaut experience.

Suborbital

Location

VMS Eve, Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA

Stats

SpaceShipTwo

12th mission
2nd mission of 2021
10th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission