Galactic 01 - Virgin Galactic’s first commercial spaceflight

Galactic 01 - Virgin Galactic’s first commercial spaceflight - was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico, on 29 June 2023, with VSS Unity being released from VMS Eve at 15:30 UTC (09:30 local time). VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo, transported a full crew of two pilots, Michael Masucci (commande) and Nicola Pecile (pilot) and four mission specialists in the cabin: Col. Walter Villadei and Lt. Col. Angelo Landolfi from the Italian Air Force, Pantaleone Carlucci (engineer, National Research Council of Italy - CNR), Colin Bennett (astronaut instructor, Virgin Galactic). VMS Eve was piloted by Kelly Latimer (commander) and Jameel Janjua (pilot)
Credit: Illustration, images and video footage courtesy of Virgin Galactic
#VSSUnity #Galactic01
VSS Unity’s first commercial spaceflight
VSS Unity first commercial launch

[@flatikk]

Humans taming the art of flight is so impressive. I'm just marveled by how an aircraft with seemingly tiny wings can make so much out of the atmosphere and glide like a bird.

[@annasylv52]

I'm very happy and amazing to see our Italians astronauts on flight around earth 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🙋‍♀️🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@watching1513]

Awesome!

[@CateniusDr]

Congratulations! Space for everyone comes closer!

[@eafiddler]

like a really tall rollercoaster

[@amritanshusingh9946]

Marvellous

[@ggvbayareaoakland5914]

I would do this. Its worth dying to be in space... even for a few minutes... awesome and amazing!

[@j.snyder4957]

I'm good with boots on the ground, thanks. Glad somebody has the guts to go where humans are not supposed to go ...

[@cavallopazzo67]

​@@j.snyder4957ahahahah!!!😂😂

[@user-lo2ts4el8e]

Хорошая идея замечательный полет. надеюсь влитая допка увеличит флот до задуманного одного полета в неделю. Сэр Ричард Брэнсон удачи.

[@davidkumarmaxi6843]

Congratulations

[@lukhanyokongisa8798]

Congratulations Virgin for being one of the few private company that is making space affordable .

[@hiddenperson3696]

If your part of the 5% percent.

[@jimhightower1574]

And it still sucks

[@gianlucadecicco5921]

How is 450k for a roller coaster ride affordable?

[@robertopusceddu4446]

hello earth 🇮🇹

[@mohammedakhtar6542]

I brought an Italian football shirt to commemorate this moment.

[@mauric_2271]

nice work 👍👍

[@gustavohenriqueteodorodefr7456]

This is amazing, I wonder how does it feel

[@ploft222]

ocean gate space edition ?

[@wm9782]

The first ti fly on the blinps and airplanes paves the commercial feasibility and made it routine enough to fly safely. Its the way if things to start small build up funds and demand to make it cheaper in the long run. This is just the way it is. I hope this gets routine fast enough for anyone to fly. I believe the starship will be the way to maje it cheap to get into space and work there too.😊

[@user-kn3uo5uc6v]

❤

[@youknoweverything7643]

The rate at which technology is improving and getting greater and greater inspires me more anf more to stay as healthy as i possibly can to live as ling ad possible to see the amazing things that us humans can and will do since i was born in 92 im now 31 and we are jsut now making it where there is commercial space flight and elextric cars is now a regular thing and i wish i would have been born today actually so i could live and see all the great things we are gonna fo jn the next 80 yeara

[@SciNewsRo]

You are old enough to remember The last Space Shuttle launch and landing kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnbFkGqba5uljK8

[@m.canete5508]

Dam 2 times the speed of sound and still accelerating vertically

[@CactusJackSlade]

Fantastic! Who were the two dudes in the green jump suits?

[@SciNewsRo]

The ones in the middle at 0:04

[@robertopusceddu4446]

full Speed ahead with , austronautics !! 🇮🇹🇪🇺🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@manuelvale3996]

Looking forward to the next one, . . . 3 years from now.

[@SciNewsRo]

The one before, 25 May 2023 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpCaiWppr7l9qM0

[@doradcatripow]

The brave new world moment

[@user-cz7hp6qx1v]

Я так понимаю у Virgin Galactic’s не смотря на меньшиую достижимую высоту, продолжительность невесомости больше на пару минут, чем у Blue Origin?

[@bryanmccann5778]

wobble !!

[@Lieutenant_Prawn]

This could have ended similarly to another special place expedition.

[@Calibration788]

Чем обусловлена такая причудливая форма корабля?

[@KermitSF]

Aerodynamics

[@Checco.10]

orgoglio italiano

[@TheRobweb]

ma per cortesia, una ciarlatanata con ennesimo spreco di soldi pubblici.

[@abramswee]

cant it go to 100km ceiling?

[@cmterocco3442]

It's safer and less expensive to go 50 Miles, but It can do 110km ceiling

[@pablox11NEW]

Ci to się bawią .

[@naturallyherb]

Why is there no intention for Virgin Galactic to reach the internationally recognized 100 km Karman Line like its predecessor SpaceShipOne did for the X Prize?

[@Newtube_Channel]

Their tether is not long enough

[@Mothball_man]

Yeah it’s very cool but not really space. I mean if your definition of space is weightlessness then every time you go on a roller coaster you’re going to space.

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

Space 100km up does not mean weightlessness, you are still subject to the same gravity. But calculations worked out space to roughly start at 83km. So this is space - they just rounded it up.

[@leonkennedy1643]

Pretty soon we will be just like cowboy bebop lol

[@jul1440]

Molto bene🤌🤌🤌

[@krox477]

Why they go vertically ? That's too much g forces

[@SciNewsRo]

How much?

[@bikebudha01]

Are there plans to evenutually have something that 'stays in space', I mean for longer than a few seconds???

[@bt6joso]

They didnt go high enough to even call it a space flight

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

Not happening

[@YuriiSiryi]

If you want go to space - there is blue origin new shepard, if you want go to space for longer time - SpaceX Crew Dragon)

[@EddieSerban]

​costs millions of dou

[@olasek7972]

For such „plans” to make economical sense there have to be enough customers willing to pay $50 mln a shot. It’s a very limited crowd.

[@ryanryan3473]

This over priced plane ticket to tickle the edge of space will end in a similar manner as the over priced sub ticket to the tickle the Titanic

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

False. No correlation anyway. Stop seeking attention.

[@robertopusceddu4446]

welcome to space 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@Newtube_Channel]

Damn now what?

[@hr1meg]

Amazing, incredible, amazing. Let me tell you what you are seeing with your own eyes. 🙄

[@angelarce832]

SR-71 is Faster than the Virgin Space Plane ? SR-71 2500 Mph vs Virgin unity 2050 Mph+?

[@jonathanbeattie3410]

An F1 car is faster than a family car….. yet they are designed for different purposes

[@sera56jase]

Yes what's your point?

[@darryljorden9177]

I feel sorry for the two guys in back. They didn't even have time to get out of their seats.

[@karel8y]

You can also opt to fully enjoy the view only as gravity-free you can also experience in a zero-g flight.

[@Mytton-he7og]

They were doing an experiment

[@user-bb9zo2mn4l]

La palabra es Atrazada

[@eachlotus]

没有达到卡门线

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@user-ew7gg2wr8c]

泡？見たいなのは何ですかね。詳しい方、教えて

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@kaptenhiu5623]

They didn't reach orbit, they just reach "space" and then head back. We already did it decades ago

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

Ok. do it yourself then.

[@bobsmithy9024]

The ironic thing about space travel is there's nowhere go. I mean, no Earth type environment. No planet has breathable atmosphere. Kinda funny. A huge universe with nowhere to go. It's like film director James Cameron going on about how amazing the oceans/underwater is. Well if it were that amazing we'd be able to breathe underwater. 😄 Clearly, nature didn't design humans to live in space or in the seas.

[@SciNewsRo]

It's not about the destination, it's about the journey... of discovery ;-) kzbin.info/aero/PLpGTA7wMEDFhLh7SyIBFcAZU1Cf7NrP-G

[@lindboknifeandtool]

It makes earth extra cozy. I’d need 20 million to ride this

[@PC-lu3zf]

I wish I could afford but no can’t spend so much on 1 hour flight lol In 30 years if I’m Alive and it’s around £50.000 I’d consider buying a ticket.

[@dalmatian1968]

I was watching it, and i would give anything to be up there. But i have 1 questions this idiots up there didn’t even look outside the window to see what’s below. Wondering what was the point then.

[@SciNewsRo]

They were not there for fun, but to conduct research www.virgingalactic.com/galactic-01-research-payloads-fact-sheet

[@y_us_12]

Is that purely for space tourism?

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

No. This was a scientific mission.

[@rixman1501]

Anyone else having flashbacks, from say, The Titan! But then again we humans can't just beat curiosity. I'm glad they succeeded. Hopefully they'll actually be remembered for pioneering commercial space travel

[@SciNewsRo]

It was not a joyride. The Galactic 01 scientific research experiments www.virgingalactic.com/galactic-01-research-payloads-fact-sheet

[@robguyatt9602]

I don't like that they call it spaceflight when they didn't reach 100 km altitude. Regardless it would be a wonderful experience to see the planet from that height.

[@SciNewsRo]

US launch, US criteria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_astronaut#Criteria

[@anonymousnoname3022]

Apogee, I know what that means thanks to Kerbal Space Program.

[@mikebon8352]

If u can fly to mars and come back after liftoff from Mars I will applaude... in the mean time I must just grinn..

[@wallstreet497]

100% full autopilot

[@SciNewsRo]

VSS Unity had two pilots: Michael Masucci (commande) and Nicola Pecile (pilot)

[@zigavojska1672]

How far is orbit, why they dont go further? This is just free fall.. we didnt see any stars? Why dont they go up at night?

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@sera56jase]

It's not how far, its how fast. You have to go much much faster to achieve orbit.

[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

Not enough delta v. No TPS.

[@ZeroSpawn]

Good thing it was piloted by humans. If it was automated system would have landed at 4,600 feet.

[@sailorman8668]

The runway was located at an altitude of around 4,600 feet, so I don't understand why you're doubting that an automated landing wouldn't have been able to accomplish the landing safely?

[@antoniomarques5369]

Up and down. Nothing new under the sun.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

Only 3 dimensions. Cant do crap about it.

[@mattb8754]

Nice. I'm sure there was plenty of trash hoping they'd die like the Titanic sub.

[@bt6joso]

It's a high altitude flight not a space flight

[@SciNewsRo]

"In the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) are eligible to be awarded astronaut wings." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_astronaut

[@edicostantini5020]

In my country , if you Jump more than 20 feet in the air , you are a astronaut! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@pumelo1]

This "space vehicle" do not reach 100+km only 290000ft and this is only 88+km . Space is over Theodore von Kármán line😉

[@SciNewsRo]

US launch, US criteria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_astronaut#Criteria

[@pumelo1]

@@SciNewsRo I know this, but US criteria are for my useless. Space is 100+km

[@SciNewsRo]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space#Boundary

[@petejones8312]

This isn't space....not even close .

[@SciNewsRo]

"In the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) are eligible to be awarded astronaut wings." wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_astronaut

[@olasek7972]

Space begins anywhere between 70-110 km, pick your number within this range.

[@LuNaTiC9oNe]

the stock went down faster lmao

[@daves2552]

The point of this is? Man has been to space. Many times.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@bigguy2683]

What is the climate cost of these purposeless excursions?

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal]

Why would you care?

[@user-dl4dn5th3c]

If all the people of Earth were like you we would still be leaving in caves .Most people want progress not regress!

[@Blackstar-ti4py]

What climate cost 😂 you joking?

[@sailorman8668]

@@user-dl4dn5th3c 'leaving'?

[@Antares2]

It's good that they were safe, but this seems very pointless.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@jeffreyzheng4924]

i think our future should include affordable commercial space trips, because us as humans should never stop exploring. Like when the planes were first invented nobody thought that one day they can spend just $200 and go to distances in plane

[@Antares2]

@@SciNewsRo Yeah, I mean it's not a total waste, I understand this. But it seems like it doesn't do much more compared to much cheaper sounding rockets.

[@Antares2]

@@jeffreyzheng4924 Commerical, maybe. Affordable, maybe not. I fear that space travel is going to be exceedingly expensive for a very long time. The amount of energy required just to reach low orbit is so vast, and requires so much engineering that it will never be "cheap". If there's one thing we've learned from the 'Titan' submersible debacle, it's that when people try to make difficult engineering 'cheap'... people die. And even then, the ticket price of $250k isn't what I would call affordable. Not saying it will never happen, but I don't think Bransons suborbital joyride is the way to commercial space travel.

[@Dawgley]

something of someone with no money would say

[@kaimodo1366]

Its an expensive zero G flight nowhere near "Space". Nothing more 😂

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@user-wq2qc5pl6w]

Кого интересует компания позиционирующая себя как развлечение миллионеров.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@user-lo2ts4el8e]

Меня

[@wlager]

Lol... Only orbital fly is real space.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

You know nothing about space. Thanks for showing that.

[@raitheon]

Does no one else think this is cool as fuck

[@SonoUnSomaroNoVax]

me

[@raitheon]

@@SonoUnSomaroNoVax thank you!

[@-SidneyPrescott]

bunch of fuckin bitter boomers in the comments dude holy

[@RobertLeeAtYT]

Meh. It’s a sounding rocket.

[@SciNewsRo]

Sounding Rockets explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmmqZIyGesitp8k

[@RobertLeeAtYT]

@@SciNewsRo What's your point? The key reason why this Virgin product is a glorified sounding rocket is very simple: it's suborbital. Actually, let me walk that back. It's less than a sounding rocket. A sounding rocket serves real scientific value. This is a glorified amusement park joy ride for those with more money than sense. The design is laughably far removed from having the delta-V necessary for anything more than a few minutes up and a few minutes down. Spaceship? Puuuhhhleeaaseee.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@chibinyra]

I'd rather a library... or if we must f3llAte the car industry, maybe nice roads?

[@ghostfakekiller4201]

"Viva la italia" 😂😂😂😂 learn a language love 😂

[@JRBJRBJRB]

Quite boring, less than 60 seconds at zero Gravity. What‘s that 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@Red_Stache]

All that for 2 minutes of zero G. What a waste of resources and money. They didn't even enter space proper.

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@any513]

what a lie, if they were in orbit they should be glued to the window looking at outer space... and by the way the sun would blind them... does anyone know how without oxygen in a vacuum the ship slows down, positions itself, turns around and reaches match 3 without any gravitational force interfering with it? ha ha ha

[@SciNewsRo]

It's a suborbital flight, they are over 80km in altitude, not in orbit around the Earth.

[@olasek7972]

Your level of ignorance really deserves ha, ha, ha

[@karelmarx8899]

it wasnt space. maybe 10000 km would be. cave man with lot of money playing

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@RocketPal-bi9xs]

Lmao. You dont even know where it is.

[@manpochver]

What unnecessary pollution for the amusement of a few millionaires!

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@aspringall3012]

Millionaires toy

[@SciNewsRo]

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[@TheGanmonMan]

Orbit the earth Virgin then we’ll talk. Not impressed by this at all…

[@SciNewsRo]

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