SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-02
Launch was a Partial Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Dec. 12, 2020, 3:24 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2020, 3:24 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 12, 2020, 3:24 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2020, 3:24 p.m.
First attempted spaceflight from New Mexico, aborted due to computer malfunction, engine ignited and automatically turned off.
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: Aug. 11, 1961
Age: 63
Date of
Birth: Jan. 1, 1957
Age: 68
Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.
INFO WIKI
"As we do with every test flight, we are evaluating all the data."
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