NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

PF02

Launch Time
Tue May 29, 2018

First flight of SpaceShipTwo with passenger seats.

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

Vehicles

Mojave Air and Space Port

VSS Unity

Flight #2
54 day turnaround

Mission Details

PF02

PF02 was piloted by David Mackay and co-piloted by Mark Stucky. The flight tested a changed center of gravity as passenger seats were flown for the first time. SpaceShipTwo reached an altitude of 34.9 kilometers during the test.

Location

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

Stats

SpaceShipTwo

6th mission
2nd mission of 2018
5th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission