Watch: Virgin Galactic flew its second commercial spaceflight Thursday, its first carrying private-paying tourists.
flew its second commercial spaceflight Thursday, its first carrying private-paying tourists.
Called Galactic 02, the flight launched from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company's spacecraft was flown by a pair of pilots — CJ Sturckow and Kelly Latimer — and carried four other people, including Virgin Galactic chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses, to oversee the mission from inside the cabin, and a trio of passengers.
The three customers onboard Galactic 02 were British former Olympian Jon Goodwin and two passengers from the Caribbean, Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, who won seats through a charity fundraising drawing by nonprofit Space for Humanity. The flight takes customers past an altitude of 80 kilometers, or about 262,000 feet, which is what the U.S. recognizes as the boundary of space. The spacecraft returned to land at Spaceport America, completing the flight.
The mission is Virgin Galactic's seventh spaceflight to date and its third since May. The company aims to fly spacecraft VSS Unity at a rate of once a month and is developing a fleet of spacecraft called "Delta-class," planned to debut in 2026, to fly at a weekly rate.Virgin Galactic uses a two-step system known as "air launch" to fly its passengers on a suborbital spaceflight.
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