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Virgin Galactic Unity 21
VSS Unity in February 2016
Mission type
Crewed suborbital spaceflight
Operator
Virgin Galactic
Apogee
89.23 kilometres (55.44 miles)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
VSS Unity
Spacecraft type
SpaceShipTwo
Manufacturer
The Spaceship Company
Crew
Members
David Mackay
Frederick Sturckow
Start of mission
Launch date
22 May 2021, 15:26 UTC
Launch site
Spaceport America Runway 34
Deployed from
VMS Eve
End of mission
Landing date
22 May 2021
Landing site
Spaceport America Runway 16
VSS Unity spaceflights
← VF-01
Unity 22 →
Virgin Galactic Unity 21[1] was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity which took place on 22 May 2021, piloted by David Mackay and co-piloted by Frederick Sturckow. It was the first human spaceflight from the state of New Mexico.[2] It was operated by Virgin Galactic, a private company led by Richard Branson which intends to conduct space tourism flights in the future. Unity 21 was the first human spaceflight to be launched from Spaceport America.[3][4]
Reaching an apogee of 55.45 mi (89.24 km), the flight satisfied the United States definition of spaceflight (50 mi (80.47 km)), but fell short of the Kármán line (100 km (62.14 mi)), the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale definition.
^"Virgin Galactic on Twitter". 22 May 2021. Unity21 made a beautiful ascent to apogee over Spaceport America, New Mexico.
^"Virgin Galactic Completes First Human Spaceflight from Spaceports America, New Mexico". 22 May 2021. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^"Virgin Galactic launches third successful spaceflight". CNN. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^"Virgin Galactic on twitter". 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021. Space is too good not to share. Our proof is in the incredible views of Earth aboard #Unity21.
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