The coming test flight is designed to pave the way for the start of commercial operations next month.
Eve hauls Unity to an altitude of about 50,000 feet , then drops the space plane, which makes its own way to suborbital space. Passengers aboard Unity experience a few minutes ofand get to see Earth against the blackness of space before the vehicle comes back to Earth for a runway landing.
Unity 25 is so named because it will be the 25th flight of any type for the space plane. The mission will take off fromThe flight will send four Virgin Galactic employees up in the space plane's cabin: Jamila Gilbert, Christopher Huie, Luke Mays and Beth Moses. Mike Masucci and C.J. Sturckow will pilot Unity.
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