Virgin Galactic Unity soars to suborbital space with its 1st commercial passengers

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Virgin Galactic successfully conducted its first commercial spaceflight on June 29, 2023. VSS Unity soared to suborbital space and back with a 4 passengers and 2 pilots. Full Story:

https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic...

The passengers include:

Pantaleone Carlucci, an engineer at the National Research Council of Italy; Colin Bennett, an astronaut instructor at Virgin

Galactic;

Col. Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, who is training for a "future orbital space mission" to the International Space Station, according to Virgin

Galactic materials; Lt. Col. Angelo Landolfi, a physician with the Italian Air Force.

The pilots of VSS Unity include: Mike Masucci Nicola Pecile

Credit: Virgin Galactic

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