Virgin Galactic had a suborbital test flight with a passenger.
SpaceShipTwo reached an apogee of:
55.87miles
295,007ft
89.9km
Virgin Galactic flew at three times the speed of sound.
Three people were on the test flight that flew to edge of space. There was a chief pilot, pilot and an astronaut instructor.
Congratulations to our Chief Astronaut Instructor, Beth Moses / @VGChiefTrainer. Today, you became the 571st human to travel into space. pic.twitter.com/0Zn7iTfOe9
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) February 22, 2019
SpaceShipTwo's rocket motor burn from today's space flight
pic.twitter.com/SC4hJSt33Z — Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) February 22, 2019
Our Chief Astronaut Trainer, Beth Moses, experienced zero-g float time as SpaceShipTwo reached apogee today. Three new @virgingalactic Commercial Astronauts. pic.twitter.com/OrVSm1PAvE
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) February 22, 2019
Full confirmed stats from SpaceShipTwo's second trip to space pic.twitter.com/Av5iMCBoSt
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) February 22, 2019
SOURCES- Virgin Galactic, Twitter
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