At 1607 GMT on 15 February a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Unity rocketplaine was air-dropped from its carrier aircraft Over the Mojave air strip in California, at. Aboard was David Mackay – the main test pilot and his co-pilot Mike “Sooch” Masucci (Co-Pilot). Finally there was a company “passenger”. Beth Moses (Virgin Astronaut Instructor to conduct cabin tests) was aboard to carry out various tests during the flight. After igniting its rocket engine, the craft achieved altitude of 89.9 km on its suborbital trajectory before re-entering and landing back at Mojave. This was below the Karman line limit of 100 km and so is not classed as a full spaceflight.
SpaceShipTwo makes another successful test flight but still does not beat Karman line for true spaceflight
by David Todd | Feb 26, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic

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