Virgin Galactic Completes Fifth Successful Human Spaceflight in Five Months
October 06 2023 - 1:05PM
Business Wire
‘Galactic 04’ mission further demonstrates
repeatable spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”
or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its fifth
successful human space mission in five months, ‘Galactic 04’.
Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said: “Our teams in
New Mexico and California have delivered on our monthly spaceflight
objectives. Three new astronauts journeyed to space today and
brought back incredible memories and stories of their experience
above the Earth. These early missions with our initial ship, VSS
Unity, have informed and confirmed the design and maintenance
objectives for our Delta class spaceships, and the production
tooling for those ships is on track to commence later in the fourth
quarter”.
Onboard ‘Galactic 04’:
- Astronaut 017 Ron Rosano from the United States of
America.
- Astronaut 018 Trevor Beattie from the United Kingdom.
- Astronaut 019 Namira Salim from Pakistan, marking the first
person to fly to space from that country. Salim is also a resident
of the United Arab Emirates and of Monaco.
VSS Unity was piloted by Commander Kelly Latimer and Pilot CJ
Sturckow, with Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses on board. VMS
Eve was piloted by Commander Nicola Pecile and Pilot Jameel
Janjua.
The Company will now proceed with post-flight inspections and
analysis in preparation for the next commercial space mission,
‘Galactic 05’.
‘Galactic 04’ in-flight facts:
- Take-off Time: 9:28 AM MT
- Altitude at Release: 44,341 feet
- Apogee: 54 miles
- Top Speed: Mach 2.95
- Landing Time: 10:25 AM MT
Press materials may be accessed via the newly launched Virgin
Galactic Newsroom at https://press.virgingalactic.com,
including:
- Full catalog of hi-res imagery and b-roll from all flights
- Pilot bios
- You can access astronaut bios here:
https://www.virgingalactic.com/virgin-galactic-astronauts
About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is an aerospace and space travel company,
pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and
researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles. It has
developed a spaceflight system designed to connect the world to the
love, wonder and awe created by space travel and to offer customers
a transformative experience. You can find more information at
https://www.virgingalactic.com/.
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