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Mission type | Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight |
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Operator | Virgin Galactic |
Apogee | 88.56 km (55.03 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | VSS Unity |
Spacecraft type | SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | Nicola Pecile Michael Masucci Beth Moses Ken Baxter Timothy Nash Adrian Reynard |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 September 2023, 14:34 UTC |
Launch site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
Deployed from | VMS Eve |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 8 September 2023, 15:36 UTC |
Landing site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
![]() Galactic 03 mission patch |
Galactic 03 (G03) was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, launched on 8 September 2023. It was the third commercial spaceflight and eighth overall spaceflight for American aerospace company Virgin Galactic. [1]
The crew of Galactic 03 included three private passengers and three Virgin Galactic employees.
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() Second spaceflight | |
Pilot | ![]() Fifth spaceflight | |
Astronaut instructor | ![]() Fifth spaceflight | |
Tourist | ![]() Only spaceflight | |
Tourist | ![]() Only spaceflight | |
Tourist | ![]() Only spaceflight |