Crew members who will take Virgin Galactic's test flight to the edge of space this weekend took to Twitter to answer questions about the trip 🚀
is due on Sunday to send the company's passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity, on its first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space, with the British billionaire founder among the six individuals strapping in for the ride.The gleaming white spaceplane will be borne by a twin-fuselage carrier jet dubbed VMS Eve to an altitude of 50,000 feet, where Unity will be released and soar by rocket power in an almost vertical climb through the outer fringe of Earth's atmosphere.
But it will be the first to carry a full complement of space travelers – two pilots and four "mission specialists," Branson among them.Although the mission is seen as a potential milestone in helping transform citizen rocket travel into a mainstream commercial venture, spaceflight remains an inherently hazardous endeavor.
Sir Richard Branson stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of Virgin Galactic trading in New York, U.S., October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid SpaceX, which plans to send its first all-civilian crew into orbit in September, has already launched numerous cargo payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station.
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