Galactic 05
2023 private crewed suborbital spaceflight
Mission type | Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight |
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Operator | Virgin Galactic |
Apogee | 87.2 km (54.2 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | VSS Unity |
Spacecraft type | SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Michael Masucci Kelly Latimer Colin Bennett Alan Stern Kellie Gerardi Ketty Maisonrouge |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 November 2023, 15:00 UTC |
Launch site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Deployed from | VMS Eve |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2 November 2023, 15:59 UTC |
Landing site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Galactic 05 mission patch VSS Unity spaceflights ← Galactic 04 Galactic 06 → |
Galactic 05 was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 2 November 2023. It was the fifth commercial spaceflight and tenth overall spaceflight for American aerospace company Virgin Galactic.[1]
Crew
Galactic 05's crew included three private passengers and three Virgin Galactic employees.
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | Michael Masucci Sixth spaceflight | |
Pilot | Kelly Latimer Third spaceflight | |
Astronaut instructor | Colin Bennett Third spaceflight | |
Researcher | Alan Stern First spaceflight | |
Researcher | Kellie Gerardi First spaceflight | |
Tourist | Ketty Maisonrouge First spaceflight |
References
- ^ Virgin Galactic (2 November 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES SIXTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN SIX MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
See also
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Parent company: Virgin Group
- Richard Branson (Chairman)
- Michael Colglazier (CEO)
- Jon Campagna (CFO)
- George T. Whitesides (CSO)
- Mike Moses (President)
- Julia Hunter (VP)
- David Mackay (chief pilot)
- Michael Masucci (test pilot)
- Mark P. Stucky (test pilot)
- Frederick W. Sturckow (test pilot)
- Beth Moses (trainer)
- SS2
- VSS Enterprise†
- VSS Unity
- WK2
- VMS Eve
- VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett
- B747
- Cosmic Girl
- SS3
- VSS Imagine
- VSS Inspire
- VSS Unity
- Virgin Group
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- Scaled Composites
- Mojave Aerospace Ventures
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