Meredith is a regional Murrow award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and science/space correspondent. She most recently was a Freelance Meteorologist for NY 1 in New York City & the 19 First Alert Weather Team in Cleveland.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane lights its rocket motor during the Galactic 05 suborbital mission, which launched on Nov. 2, 2023.The excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic's seventh commercial spaceflight. backup astronaut Tuva Atasever of the Turkish Space Agency and three private astronauts.
The suborbital spaceflight will also carry research payloads from Purdue University and University of California, Berkeley. According to the company's statement, Purdue's experiment will focus on the"propellant slosh in fuel tanks of maneuvering spacecraft" while U.C. Berkeley will test out a new type of 3D printing in microgravity.
Since 2018, Virgin Galactic has flown payloads as part of NASA's Flight Opportunities program and most recently was selected to be a contracted flight provider for NASA for the next five years., and has its fourth mission, , targeted for October at the earliest. The company has partnered with Virgin Galactic on several previous flights.
Corrective steps have been taken by Virgin Galactic to ensure there will not be a repeat on Galactic 07. to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: Meredith is a regional Murrow award-winning Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and science/space correspondent. She most recently was a Freelance Meteorologist for NY 1 in New York City & the 19 First Alert Weather Team in Cleveland.
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