Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flight: Launch schedule and other mission details While Richard Branson will be the first billionaire to leave Earth’s atmosphere, astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be the second Indian woman in space. The Unity 22 crew will launch from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences in New Mexico rocketed by Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle. Here are details about the space mission, the astronauts, important timings and guide to view live broadcasts of the launch into suborbital space and landing back on Earth. Mission details – Altitude, flight time, return2/7 After launch, the VSS Unity space plane will detach from its career aircraft VMS Eve at an altitude of around 50,000 feet and fly on its own into suborbital space. The Astronauts3/7 Onboard the aircraft will be billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson, the company’s chief astronaut instructor Beth Moses and lead operations engineer Colin Bennett.

Source: dna July 09, 2021 07:41 UTC