{"id":8041,"date":"2023-11-03T20:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-sixth-space-mission-in-six-months\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:11:39","slug":"virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-sixth-space-mission-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-sixth-space-mission-in-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Sixth Space Mission in Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vir_C_638345868836603955.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Sixth Space Mission in Six Months\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vir_C_638345868836603955.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vir_C_638345868836603955.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the completion of its sixth space mission in six months and tenth to date. The \u2018Galactic 05\u2019 mission saw Virgin Galactic\u2019s spaceship converted into a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research for the second time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Onboard \u2018Galactic 05\u2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astronaut 020 \u2013 Dr. Alan Stern, U.S. Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President in Southwest Research Institute\u2019s (SwRI) Space Sector<\/li>\n<li>Astronaut 021 \u2013 Kellie Gerardi, U.S. Payload Specialist and Bioastronautics Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)<\/li>\n<li>Astronaut 022 \u2013 Ketty Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge, Private Astronaut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Stern flew with two human-tended experiments, including a biomedical harness to collect physiological data related to human spaceflight. He also conducted practice routines and procedures in preparation for a future NASA-funded suborbital research flight.<\/p>\n<p>Gerardi flew with three payloads, two of which evaluated novel healthcare technologies in microgravity conditions through the collection of biometric data. The third payload examined how confined fluid behaves to inform future healthcare technologies in space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vir_3_638345878547459455.png\" style=\"width: 613px;\" width=\"613\" height=\"350\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" ><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Galactic 05\u2019 was Virgin Galactic\u2019s sixth spaceflight carrying microgravity and space-based research and its second in 2023, following \u2018Galactic 01,\u2019 a research mission with the Italian Air Force and National Research Council. VSS Unity was piloted by Commander Mike Masucci and Pilot Kelly Latimer, with Astronaut Instructor Colin Bennett on board. VMS Eve was piloted by Commander Jameel Janjua and Pilot Andy Edgell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviding researchers with reliable and repeatable access to a high-quality microgravity environment is vital to our mission of expanding human knowledge and enabling scientific discoveries. We are proud to support the work of the Southwest Research Institute and International Institute for Astronautical Sciences with today\u2019s flight, and we will use insights from the mission to enhance the research capabilities of our future Delta-class spaceships. We look forward to playing an increasingly important role in space research in the years ahead\u201d, said <strong>Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of this mission is another important step in the development of the scientific and educational use cases for commercial suborbital vehicles. The potential here is literally astronomical\u201d, said <strong>Dr. Alan Stern<\/strong>, U.S. Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President of Southwest Research Institute\u2019s (SwRI) Space Sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suborbital science potential for Institutes like ours is unprecedented and I\u2019m also struck by the broader societal impact of commercial human spaceflight \u2014 after today\u2019s mission, Virgin Galactic is now responsible for producing 10% of the world\u2019s female astronauts, and I look forward to seeing that number soar for my daughter\u2019s generation\u201d, said &nbsp;<strong>Kellie Gerardi<\/strong>, U.S. Payload Specialist and Bioastronautics Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Galactic 05\u2019 in-flight facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take-off Time: 9:00 am MT<\/li>\n<li>Altitude at Release: 44,701 ft<\/li>\n<li>Apogee: 54.2 miles<\/li>\n<li>Top Speed: Mach 2.96<\/li>\n<li>Landing Time: 9:59 am MT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Company will now proceed with post-flight analysis and routine as well as planned annual vehicle inspections before re-commencing standard pre-flight readiness procedures ahead of its next commercial space mission, \u2018Galactic 06,\u2019 scheduled for January next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to learn more about the \u2018Galactic 05\u2019 payloads.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the completion of its sixth space mission in six months and tenth to date. The \u2018Galactic 05\u2019 mission saw Virgin Galactic\u2019s spaceship converted into a suborbital lab for space-based scientific research for the second time. Onboard \u2018Galactic 05\u2019: Astronaut 020 \u2013 Dr. Alan Stern, U.S. Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-8041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}