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Virgin Galactic • SpaceShipTwo • Spaceport America (NA)
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Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
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ArticleVirgin Galactic took its first private astronaut customers on a suborbital spaceflight Aug. 10, nearly two decades after it started selling tickets.
ArticleVirgin Galactic flew its second commercial spaceflight on Thursday, its first carrying private-paying tourists.
ArticleIt must be a magical moment to float freely above the world.
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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.
VSS Unity landed back at Spaceport America after this flight.
Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
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Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
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.
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.
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