SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC01
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Sept. 8, 2016, noon - Sept. 8, 2016, noon
Instantaneous launch window.
Sept. 8, 2016, noon - Sept. 8, 2016, noon
Test flight of VSS Unity with no release from the mothership VMS Eve.
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.
SpaceShipTwo Details
Date of
Birth: Jan. 1, 1957
Age: 68
Date of
Birth: Nov. 9, 1958
Age: 67
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