{"id":8287,"date":"2023-08-14T19:18:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-first-private-astronaut-spaceflight\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:18:54","slug":"virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-first-private-astronaut-spaceflight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/virgin-galactic-successfully-completes-first-private-astronaut-spaceflight\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Private Astronaut Spaceflight"},"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\/vi_C_638275864632320894.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Private Astronaut Spaceflight\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vi_C_638275864632320894.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/vi_C_638275864632320894.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings announced the completion of its first private astronaut flight, \u2018Galactic 02.\u2019 The mission achieved multiple historic milestones, showcasing how Virgin Galactic spaceflights are broadening access to space for a diverse, global community of astronauts.<\/p>\n<p>Flying private astronauts Jon Goodwin from the United Kingdom, and Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers from Antigua and Barbuda, \u2018Galactic 02\u2019 achieved the following1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First female astronauts from the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li>First mother-daughter duo to go to space<\/li>\n<li>Most women flown in a single space mission<\/li>\n<li>Youngest person to go to space<\/li>\n<li>First Olympian to go to space<\/li>\n<li>First majority female spaceflight<\/li>\n<li>The sixth and seventh Black women to go to space<\/li>\n<li>Second person with Parkinson\u2019s to go to space<\/li>\n<li>Third oldest person to go to space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u2018Galactic 02\u2019 in-flight facts are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take-off Time 8:30 am MDT<\/li>\n<li>Altitude at Release 44,300 feet<\/li>\n<li>Apogee 55 miles<\/li>\n<li>Top Speed Mach 3<\/li>\n<li>Landing Time 9:30 am MDT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MICHAEL COLGLAZIER, CEO of Virgin Galactic<\/strong> said: \u201cToday Virgin Galactic took another historic leap forward by flying our first private astronaut mission and demonstrating how our spaceflights will broaden access to space. Jon, Keisha and Ana each embody our fundamental belief that space is for everyone, and we are proud that today\u2019s flight has inspired people and communities around the world. This is just the beginning, as we plan to continue flying monthly spaceflights while also developing our Delta Class production spaceships to scale our business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CJ STURCKOW, VSS Unity Commander<\/strong> said: \u201cIt is a surreal and humbling experience to have flown Unity today. The wonder and excitement of spaceflight never loses its magic. I had the honor of being joined in the cockpit by Kelly Latimer, one of the first female commercial spaceship pilots. I\u2019m proud of the work we\u2019re doing here at Virgin Galactic to fly more people to space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>KELLY LATIMER, VSS Unity Pilot<\/strong> said: \u201cIn my entire career, from the Air Force Academy to being a test pilot for NASA, nothing tops what I have just experienced at the controls of VSS Unity. Going to space today fulfilled an ambition I\u2019ve had since I was a child. It is a privilege to be part of a majority-women crew making history as the most female astronauts flying to space in a single mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company will now proceed with post-flight inspections and analysis in preparation for the next commercial space mission, \u2018Galactic 03,\u2019 which is planned for September in a continuation of Virgin Galactic\u2019s monthly flight cadence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5T2doG_Cjg?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings announced the completion of its first private astronaut flight, \u2018Galactic 02.\u2019 The mission achieved multiple historic milestones, showcasing how Virgin Galactic spaceflights are broadening access to space for a diverse, global community of astronauts. Flying private astronauts Jon Goodwin from the United Kingdom, and Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers from Antigua and [&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":[26,20],"class_list":["post-8287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287"}],"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=8287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}