Mission type | Crewed suborbital spaceflight |
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Operator | Virgin Galactic |
Website | www |
Apogee | 86.182 kilometres (53.551 miles) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | VSS Unity |
Spacecraft type | SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Crew | |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 July 2021, 15:04 UTC |
Launch site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Deployed from | VMS Eve |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 11 July 2021, 15:40 UTC |
Landing site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Spaceport America Unity 22 flight insignias |
Virgin Galactic Unity 22 was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which launched on 11 July 2021.[1] The crew consisted of pilots David Mackay and Michael Masucci as well as passengers Sirisha Bandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, and Richard Branson.[2]