Virgin Galactic Completes Second Private Astronaut Flight: Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic Completes Second Private Astronaut Flight: Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic announced the completion of its second private astronaut flight, ‘Galactic 03.’ on Sept. 8, 2023. The mission flew three of Virgin Galactic’s first customers.

‘Galactic 03’ was Virgin Galactic’s fourth successful spaceflight in the past four months, and the third flight of Virgin Galactic’s inaugural commercial spaceflight season. The flight followed the Company’s first research mission in June 2023 and first private astronaut mission in August.

Onboard Galactic 03:

Astronaut 014 Ken Baxter from the United States of America

Astronaut 015 Timothy Nash from South Africa

Astronaut 016 Adrian Reynard from the United Kingdom

Spaceship VSS Unity was piloted by Commander Nicola Pecile and Pilot Michael Masucci; Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses was also on board. Mothership VMS Eve was piloted by Commander Jameel Janjua and Pilot Kelly Latimer.

Learn more on Virgin Galactic's website: https://www.virgingalactic.com

Credit: Illustration, images & video footage courtesy of Virgin Galactic

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 1 minute, 23 seconds

Release Date: June 29, 2023

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