24 May 2021
Virgin Galactic makes first flight to space from New Mexico
... VMS Eve, and reached space, at an altitude of 88 kilometres (55 miles) before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. On VSS Unity’s flight deck were CJ Sturckow and Dave Mackay, while Kelly Latimer and Michael Masucci piloted VMS...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... the range of military aeroplanes. It adds complexity to a mission but enables it to be achieved with existing technology. Virgin spaceship VSS Unity touches down after flying freely for the first time after being released from Virgin Mothership...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... put in front of them to satisfy their dream. People like you. The successful test flight of Virgin Galactic s VSS Unity into the mesosphere on 26 July 2018 took the longdelayed project a step closer to putting tourists in space. So what...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... last private visit to the International Space Station - is now beginning to pick up momentum again. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity passenger space plane is released from the mothership on 11 July 2021, its rocket igniting to send it streaking upwards...
19 July 2021
Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch 20 July
... been pipped to the post by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson on 11 July. During his flight on the VSS Unity, Branson and crew reached an altitude of 87 kilometres (53.5 miles); a height that Blue Origin say is short of the Kármán line...
