NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

PF01

Launch Time
Thu Apr 05, 2018

First powered flight of VSS Unity.

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo
Image Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Strap-ons: 0
Details

Vehicles

Mojave Air and Space Port

VSS Unity

Flight #1
Manifest

Mission Details

PP01

PP01 was the first powered flight of VSS Unity and the first powered flight for Virgin Galactic since the loss of VSS Enterprise. The flight was piloted by Mark Stucky and co-piloted by David Mackay. Unity reached an altitude of 25.7 kilometers during the test.

Location

VMS Eve, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA

Wiki

Stats

SpaceShipTwo

5th mission
1st mission of 2018
4th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission