Beth Moses

Natalie Beth Moses
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPurdue University, B.S. 1992; M.S. 1994
SpouseMike Moses
StatusActive
OccupationCommercial astronaut trainer
Space career
Virgin Galactic commercial astronaut
Time in space
1 hour, 13 minutes and 15 seconds
MissionsVF-01, Unity 22, Unity 25, Galactic 02, Galactic 03, Galactic 04

Beth Moses is chief space flight participant instructor and interiors program manager for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo program, and is a commercial astronaut, as classified by the Federal Aviation Administration.[1] She was the first woman to make a spaceflight on a commercially launched vehicle,[2] the VSS Unity VF-01 flight of 22 February 2019. She was also part of the six-member crew that flew in the first fully-crewed [note 1] test flight to space on July 11, 2021, aboard VSS Unity.

  1. ^ "AvPress". July 26, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time In Ten Weeks with Three On Board, Reaching Higher Altitudes and Faster Speeds, as Flight Test Program Continues". Virgin Galactic. February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2019.


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