Virgin Galactic successfully flies tourists to space for first time – video

Virgin Galactic ’s VSS Unity, the reusable rocket-powered space plane carrying the company’s first crew of tourists to space, has successfully launched and landed. Aboard the spacecraft were six individuals in total, including three private passengers. Following liftoff, Virgin Galactic’s carrier plane, VMS E ve, transported VSS Unity to an altitude of about 44,300ft. Eve then dropped Unity, which fired its own rocket motor and ascended to suborbital spacehttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/10/vigin-galactic-space-flight-vss-unity-landingContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2023 Category: Science Tags: Virgin Galactic New Mexico Space US news World news Source Type: news