Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico Space 4 hrs ago Mike Wall © Provided by Space The view from Virgin Galactic s VSS Unity space plane during its third crewed spaceflight, which took place on May 22, 2021.
Virgin Galactic has launched its first human spaceflight from its New Mexico home port.
The company s SpaceShipTwo vehicle VSS Unity conducted its third crewed test flight to suborbital space today (May 22), taking another step toward the start of commercial operations.
Unity s first two spaceflights occurred in December 2018 and February 2019. Both of those missions lifted off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in southeastern California, near the headquarters of Virgin Galactic s manufacturing subsidiary, The Spaceship Company.
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