Watch Virgin Galactic soar to suborbital space for 5th time in amazing views

Virgin Galactic took VSS Unity for a suborbital ride on May 25, 2023. Aboard the space plane were Beth Moses, the company's chief astronaut instructor, astronaut instructor Luke Mays, and mission specialists Christopher Huie and Jamila Gilbert. The pilots were Mike Masucci and C.J. Sturckow. Full Story: www.space.com/virgin-galactic...
Unity reached a maximum speed of Mach 2.94 and a peak altitude of 54.2 miles (87.2 kilometers).
Footage courtesy: Virgin Galactic | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ( / stevespaleta )
Music: The Miracle by Edgar Hopp / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

[@greenieburger]

You can see the utter shock and amazement in the brown haired woman's expressions and gestures : it seems she is just overloaded with emotions and thoughts ! must be an amazing experience ! 🚀🚀

[@harrycalibra]

Yeah I noticed her if I had the chance I couldn't stop looking out of the window to see the Earth like that for me would be very humbling experience .

[@marcoAKAjoe]

She's cute

[@harrycalibra]

@@marcoAKAjoe very 😁

[@electroradiocassette7472]

The Zero gravity feeling

[@alexanderea99]

The blonde one? Her name is Beth Moses. She's an astronaut instructor at Virgin Galactic. You're welcome.

[@ronlucock3702]

I love the illustration on the top of the fuselage showing the evolution of aircraft from the biplane to this.

[@count69]

I noticed that, but wondered why ther would include the Lunar Lander? It doesn't fit in the sequence

[@DipperDK]

@@count69 yeah, that, and no shuttle? Hmm

[@sfsbuilder7910]

​@@count69Because the lunar lander isnt a plane...

[@jatinman]

Simply Amazing...seeing earth and at the same time seeing Earth in the reflection of the craft.....Wow!! Absolutely wish Virgin would let me do that one day, although I would never be able to afford it. Can dream, though, and hope......Tx for sharing...

[@ysts3452]

you can if you really wish it

[@JURGEART]

Virgin is facing Bankruptcy.

[@mspat8332]

@@JURGEART no wtf

[@zmblion]

​@@JURGEARTvirgin orbit is I don't think virgin galactic is but idk

[@somabarua133]

​​@@JURGEART there is a difference between Orbit and Galactic. Totally separate companies. Galactic is the future of space travel

[@craigriddell1169]

Great to see Virgin Galactic take to the skies again . Looks like quite the experience. I hope all goes well and they can get into a more regular launch cadence. It is a beautiful bird!

[@johnbrant2454]

I would love to take flight. The plane seems to give amazing views and room for movement. Keep up the good work!!

[@greatfullded]

I would too.. the problem is $$$$$$$$$$ In 500 years from now im sure there will be huge stations orbiting earth and prolly have Matter to Energy conversion to transport from ground to space.. for Pennies.. but for now.. only the ppl that can burn hundreds of thousands like we may buy a slurpee can do it..but for now Im just like you.... I would love to take flight... Life is about experience and this is one experience i would love to feel and witness from 54 miles up the place we call home.

[@commonsenseskeptic]

Congrats to Virgin for a successful mission.

[@starmanxvi]

Holy shit it's this guy. I thought he would have been too busy being confused by BO's new lander design to realize this had launched lmao.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Really!? You’ve fallen for the hype too? This mission was their last test flight. It’s commercial flights from now on. Price: $450,000 per seat. Yes, $450,000 per seat! For a single up-and-down ride. What do they get: a nice view for a few minutes, zero-G for a few minutes and bragging rights. Virgin Galactic will never be anything more than a brief high-altitude flight to nowhere. I can’t even call it sub-orbital as they didn’t even go over the Karman Line, 100km. This last test flight got to just 87 km. It will never be orbital. So Virgin Galactic is an expensive carnival ride for the crazy-rich. How big is their potential market? Maybe a few tens of thousands in the US. Somehow they need to recoup their engineering cost with very few customers hence the $450,000 per seat price tag. This smells like a much less successful Concorde. Limited value. Wild ticket prices. Only good for bragging. I predict commercial failure within a year.

[@starmanxvi]

@@CarFreeSegnitz I love how you're shitting on it for beating 450K, while BO costs over twice as much. BO has been doing the same for almost 2 years and they have had success with the business. So the fact you think VG will fail in a year just shows ignorance. You also don't need to pass the Karman line to go on a sub orbital trajectory, heck, throwing a ball 2 meters in the air is suborbital. And ofc it's not going to be orbital, that's not the goal, the goal is sub-orbital flights.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

@@starmanxvi Blue Origin!? OMG, they’re an even bigger joke. You can’t buy a seat with BO because their one and only carnival ride exploded. These over-hyped sub-orbital companies are cringe. Cheaper than going to orbit but still stupidly over-priced for what they are: carnival rides. BO, for instance, is struggling to deliver their BE4 rocket for use on ULA’s Vulcan. Three years behind and counting. BO is supposedly working on New Glenn but given their past history of histrionic marketing for every little development and their silence on New Glenn I suspect it’s still only in CGI development. Years ago Bezos claimed to be propping up BO with a $billion per year. I’d say he’s getting terrible value for his money.

[@starmanxvi]

@@CarFreeSegnitz ULA has had BO's BE4 engines for a while now. They were even going to test fire Vulcan yesterday.

[@brianmcrock]

That looks like awesome fun. And what a great looking vehicle! Congratulations VG!

[@PerfectRepublic]

This gives me so much faith that I'll be able to have this experience at some point. Congrats to everyone at Virgin Galactic!!!

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Save your pennies. “Only” $450,000 per seat.

[@emilianovalencia8685]

@@CarFreeSegnitz a friend just paid the first fee of 100k; it's certainly really expensive but not impossible if it is a priority in your life.

[@richierich2534]

@@CarFreeSegnitz it's called space privilege lol

[@johnstimpson6834]

@@CarFreeSegnitz save pennies for what?

[@johnstimpson6834]

@@richierich2534 hahahah.. HaHh ..HAHAHAHA your fanny

[@arobyte]

Would have loved the see the in-cabin video of when the booster lit up! 😧

[@smackout]

this is by far most likely the best 'ride' experience for the dollar cost. go hard virgin galactic! black skies!

[@johnbridges6867]

WOOOW!!! RICHARD BRANSON HUGE Congratulation to you and to your flight crews and All designs teams engineering teams on your OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, Incredible!!! You Reached for the sky and climbed above into space and held out your hands to touch The Face of God! From the poem High Flight. Gosh What a Great entry to put into ones Flying Log Book Biggest Loops and barrel rolls in Space. Mm! That should quieten the boasters in the flying club! 👍 Great work Ace Richard from your Vinyl Records in London To Virgin Atlantic to Virgin Atlantic Ballon Record Flight Virgin Galactic! WOW!!! What AN ACE Solo Flight. Yes you had Great crews with you all on your journey! BUT You did that You MADE IT HAPPEN! Your Determination Strengths Sacrifice Tenacity and thought and kind support to your staff And family HAS TO BE ADMIRED!!! Huge Well Done! Also music and Siren records Splendid success and to your 1st Hit song in USA by NVE of the Band CC, is also a best friend of mine. Sir Richard Enormously an Ace! And Thank you for being Richard! You are a BIG inspiration to me and masses of folk around the world. I wish you and your family friends Great health warmth Happiness Peace Love and may All of your needs be granted to you. Amen. Stay safe Happy and smiling, Always. JB. East Surrey.

[@steam1081]

Congratulations to the Virgin Galactic Staff

[@dansorkin6985]

Congratulations to Virgin Galactic on this successful return to flight; I hope the first of many more successful flights to come!

[@venussavage]

I wish it was shaped like a penis, is the only thing.

[@hishamhadjiran6696]

according to news, they filed for bankruptcy and sold their warehouse to rocketlab

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Commercial space tourism will be cheaper in the decades to come

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

Looks like a good flight, I hope their able finally able get those people who got tickets to fly this thing decade ago actual ride. I think their going need get those "Delta" class space planes going to live up to that hype.

[@soxmilligex7671]

Remarkable!....considering what the craft they are in is made of. Burt Rutan would be smiling i'm sure.

[@ronaldlebeck9577]

The music was really good. :)

[@Raydio6]

Would like to see re-entry and the landing

[@sebastiannolte1201]

What do you mean with "re-entry"? This is not an orbital flight. It goes straight up and falls down, so flying a high parabola. And its peak is above an arbitrary altitude that some people call the beginning of space.

[@Kanok_C]

@@sebastiannolte1201 So it is more like descent?

[@kurtfrancis4621]

@@Kanok_C Exactly. The feather system is designed to create a high drag, high angle of attack controlled descent in order to keep the vehicle from building up friction sufficient to start melting the cured layers of carbon fiber that would happen with an uncontrolled descent. This vehicle is NOT capable at all of orbital re-entry speeds and temperatures by any means.

[@adonistopofmen2571]

Great images ...

[@heitorq7795]

Dude, that's Chris Tucker. I love Chris Tucker.

[@DonaldHolben]

That looks fun!

[@theraven26780]

that girl saying "OMG" gave me chills

[@davidstevenson9517]

Virgin certainly offer a memorable voyage, abeit, brief. The airline-style launch, flight and landing combined with the airline-style seating and decor give Virgin flights to Space a true professionalism that Blue Origins New Shepard lacks. Best wishes to the Virgin team and keep giving those customers space-age service.

[@FeradZyulkyarov]

This is fantastic, I would love to be in this plane. Virgin Galactic is great.

[@jeffjeff4477]

Really awesome VG is successful

[@jaxonmattox9267]

Wait so Virgin Galactic gave video of the flight to VideoFromSpace without having uploaded it to their channel first??? This is weird

[@thevinceberry]

They are broke

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

@@thevinceberry Virgin Orbital is broke. Virgin Galactic is not broke… yet.

[@TheMichaelBeck]

An experience I wish I could have.

[@brianv1988]

They are so lucky I would dream to do that

[@paulbizard3493]

They are not lucky, they are rich !

[@dudmanjohn]

I understand they were Virgin Galactic employees, 'cos, well, having customers paying $500,000 and then losing them not a good look. But glad they had a great ride and got home safely.

[@sproctor1958]

I would love to see a video of the launch from the perspective of the launch vehicle cockpit or nose... as VSS Unity rockets out and up in front of it. I'd also like to see a larger version of Unity (more motors), for a MUCH longer arc... and RCS for true suborbital control... to be used for commercial point to point travel. (Just imagining out loud...)

[@richardschindler8822]

How cool is that !!!

[@safetychuck2]

That one lady looked like she was about to freak out...lol.

[@BL.DBL-U]

Is that young gentleman the first person to go in true weightless flight with hair locs? If so, WOOOHOOO!

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@estuardoramirezl]

Does anyone know what the flying plate-like object that appears in minute 2 of this video is?

[@AdrianBoyko]

One of the most beautiful vehicles ever built. Congrats on another successful flight.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Great video...👍

[@MaxQ2989]

Observed this live and streaming on “Flight Radar 24” as well as on the ground in NM. Video claims 58 miles (306000+ feet). FR 24 shows max altitude 63899 ft and came right back. Weightlessness and zero G will occur on pushover. According to replay of radar tracks something ain’t right.

[@ALMX5DP]

Maybe it lost tracking in the cone of silence due to the high altitude?

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Perhaps it’s the mothership’s transponder you’re seeing?

[@imo8249]

Was the spy balloon at 68000 feet ?

[@johnbridges6867]

Hi John Bell Gosh your info re Virgin Galactic flight details, That is Really Impressive, Well done!!! Splendid work! Thoughtful of you for sharing, and it is Very very infesting to me of details of the flight, and educational also for world view. Splendid work. Many Thanks. Have a jolly good bank holiday weekend. JB. East Surrey. UK.

[@johnbridges6867]

Hi John Bell Gosh your info re Virgin Galactic flight details, That is Really Impressive, Well done!!! Splendid work! Thoughtful of you for sharing, and it is Very very infesting to me of details of the flight, and educational also for world view. Splendid work. Many Thanks. Have a jolly good bank holiday weekend. JB. East Surrey. UK.

[@justacause]

This music makes this video 5 times better😂

[@joeyjamison5772]

I'm going to wait until "Ryan Space" begins offering discount flights!

[@chrislenz6634]

Go baby GO!!!!!

[@Astromojo]

Magnificent looking craft ✈🚀🌎

[@avishekmitra2801]

Hope one day it will be available for common man....I mean currently the ticket price is so high now😔

[@stivi739]

I wanna see babu suru and raeem on it one day

[@indubitably_elementary965]

Awesome

[@toploadtele]

What a ride!

[@MrWizard209]

The music was the best part of this video.

[@smavtmb2196]

Very cool However What was that very visible piece of debris floating beside them?

[@wandery2k]

1:58 Lower right screen. hope it wasn’t important

[@smavtmb2196]

@@wandery2k Exactly!

[@AquaholicAdventurerBoatLog]

Ice?

[@AquaholicAdventurerBoatLog]

Spectacular achievement!!!! Well done Virgin Galactic!!!!! AMAZING!

[@wilbobagins]

Not that spectacular considering men walked on the moon 53 years ago

[@herm1691]

Incredible!!👍

[@oldfarthacks]

Congratulations for a successful mission. This is of course the second path to reusable space flight and in so many ways is actually better than the pure rocket to space and back to ground of the SpaceX type. The one limit may be the size of the ground lift plane. But still a hybrid of the two technologies may be the answer, consider the Starship attached to a Falcon 9 on a massive plane. Much to explore in possible methods.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

The ride featured in this video is sub-orbital. They got to 87 km up, not even the Karman line of 100 km. Then back down. They charge $450,000 per seat. Orbital rockets get their payloads up to 7.5 km/s in addition to getting them at least 300 km altitude. They are in an entirely different class and charge accordingly.

[@markbeard3712]

What's the thing that looks like space debris floating and tumbling off to the right of the picture? Frame: 1:58 - 2:07 ? Curious?

[@Mtlhed1099]

What are they doing? And how'd the camera stay mounted?

[@daleravic]

How long would a flight from NY to Sydney be?

[@gosekinz]

any idea what the debris is @ 1:58 ... bottom to middle right screen?

[@just_Darren]

Ice 🧊

[@longlakeshore]

lol... does the ride come with the soundtrack?

[@ef7516]

amazing

[@maverick4220]

Well this experience is now on my bucket list.

[@frisk151]

Still a very interesting design

[@isbjorneliassen]

Well this title is click bait. "Suborbital space" implies they crossed the 100 kilometer Karman line, which they did NOT. As a test flight that is fine. It would be nice to know if they intended to cross that line, and why they didn't.

[@rowshambow]

I had no idea another flight was scheduled

[@somabarua133]

Well done Galactic. Stunning to watch. If only Santa would get me a ticket for Christmas

[@russellharrell2747]

They still have plans for spaceship 3 right? I would love to see a manned orbital space plane again.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

The Shuttle proved spaceplanes are way too expensive. Shuttle delivered payload to orbit for around $20,000 per kilogram. SpaceX is already managing around $1,000 per kilogram to low-Earth orbit. If and when SpaceX gets Starship to work the price may drop to around $100 per kilogram.

[@russellharrell2747]

@@CarFreeSegnitz the STS we got was a compromised design in many ways. And there were several plans to replace the shuttle but all were ultimately scrapped along with STS after just 30 years of service (minus the 5 years of no flights after two vehicles were lost along with the 14 crew members). The shuttle proved that space vehicles could be reused (Orbiter and SRBs) but also proved the side mounted orbiter configuration to be unsafe. Several factors contributed to the cost of the program which unfortunately had been touted as a more economical and environmental replacement to Apollo, and was meant to be a literal shuttle to Skylab but wasn’t launched until 2 years after the space station had an uncontrolled and unplanned reentry into Australia. The STS we deserved would have looked radically different and had been a combination of crewed shuttles and (possibly expendable) cargo vehicles. If Saturn V and IB had continued on and been improved as technology advanced, the shuttle would have been a vital part of an ever growing human Spaceflight infrastructure and eventually may have lived up to the promise of cheaper and more frequent access to space. The Starraker and X-33-like vehicles could have supplemented or even replaced the shuttle fleet, with the delta clipper perhaps replacing some expendable rockets for a truly robust fleet with many different capabilities and mission profiles. Instead NASA’s plans have always been picked apart by congress and changed with every new administration. At least reusable boosters that land autonomously have become a reality, even if space planes have taken a back seat in the minds of most Spaceflight enthusiasts.

[@plainText384]

I would love to see spaceship 3 or delta, or whatever their next vehicle is called fly. Would be really cool if they increased the design goals to apoapsis > 100km. There's not much difference between 86km and 100km, but it would be cool to see them break that barrier.

[@victorapalkow8681]

😱WOOOW😱 GOOD WORK🌟VIRGIN GALACTIC🌟WELCOME !⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💙🤗

[@DavidEsp1]

Why did the apparent "lost material" (ice or otherwise) at 1:58 fall away behind the craft - as opposed to continuing to travel (equally ballistically) at the same speed(s) as the craft?

[@plainText384]

It didn't really accelerate away that fast. Could just be moving at a constant relative velocity imparted by whatever vibration caused it to break away. However ~80km/ 50mi is VERY low for space, so air drag will not be negligible. The flake of ice will have a significantly lower ballistic coefficent, so it will be effected stronger by the small amount of drag. If there is any relative acceleration happening (I couldn't tell from the video), this is likely the dominant cause.

[@tpcoy]

I hope innovation continues so one day it can stay in orbit for awhile.

[@sebastiannolte1201]

This was never made to go into orbit and will never do. Also innovation doesn't help here. Going into orbit and coming back is a complete different thing

[@tpcoy]

@@sebastiannolte1201 I know this. Perhaps I should have made a better statement. I like Branson. But this is basically an X15 flight that doesn't go into orbit. I hope one day a commercial space plane will take people into orbit. To me the virgin galactic flights are false advertising.

[@inartoflife]

How did it land

[@gtbwizard]

What was the total distance it travelled? What was its flight path?

[@kurtfrancis4621]

All flights are within a very small area around Spaceport America in New Mexico. These are short, sub-orbital flights. Basically a roller coaster up-and-down flight.

[@MarvelousLXVII]

Awesome! We live in an amazing age. By the way, this is trip in space number 7 for C.J. Sturckow which I believe ties the record...

[@isbjorneliassen]

Didn't reach the Karman line, not a trip to space.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Karman line is 100 km altitude. This flight reached 87 km. It’s high but not space. But even if they got over 100 km it’s still sub-orbital. They need 7.5 km/s horizontal for orbit which also necessitates a heat shield for reentry. Virgin Galactic charges $450,000 per seat for this single up-and-down carnival ride. Barely makes sense even if you could afford it.

[@jordi40]

That’s cool that girl was from New Mexico

[@neil9890]

What's that thing floating about at 1:58?

[@StarshipTrooper254]

Amazing

[@shylockakita]

So is it still up there? Just wondering why there's not a full report and show the landing rather than a repeat of something I already saw less than a minute ago...

[@sebastiannolte1201]

How should it be still up there? It goes straight up and fall down.

[@shylockakita]

@@sebastiannolte1201 Just a comment on a crap video. with repeats for people with no attention span.

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

affordable space flights by 2015! nice

[@alexanderlg4816]

excellent

[@erichter66]

I am glad they are finally flying. The altitude was a bit low. 62 miles is the lowest altitude used as “space”, so if this is the best they can do, it may dampen demand. I hope not.

[@ledzep448]

come on man, if you know about space, you know there's virtually no difference between 54 to 62 miles up. you sound like a person with no clue trying to sound smart

[@sebastiannolte1201]

US Air Force definition is 50 miles

[@ledzep448]

@@sebastiannolte1201 these people cry about karman line this and that as if that will somehow change the experience looking out the window in these vehicles. if you paying money to go on a spaceship just so you can say "I broke the karman line" you just wasted your money

[@Deanooooo]

@@ledzep448 Because you can’t say you went to space. 100km is space not 50miles. Fuck the US and their low measurement.

[@andyhastings1051]

So sad the comment section here is filled with shorting trolls and bots.

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

So sad that the comment section is full of people buying the hype. Go ahead and spend $450,000 for a seat for a carnival ride. I’ll just retire 10 years sooner or buy a house.

[@andyhastings1051]

@@CarFreeSegnitz thanks for proving my point!

[@KorbinX]

At least all the flat earth idiots aren't around today. Sadly, we get Mr know-it-all Lenard up in the comments. Lenard: some people like vacations, some like taking space rides. Stfu already and go outside

[@saito125]

Landing video??

[@didierm8323]

Why is there a blur on 1:25 ?

[@jewnina]

Am I the only one seeing that little piece of something moving in the air ? Is it a piece of the ship ? haha 02:00

[@tekmepikcha6830]

NIce......but where's the landing video?

[@davids9520]

Take that SpaceX! That was great!

[@conanotoole]

SpaceX have sent civilians not only to space for a couple of minutes, but into orbit for 4 days. And technically this flight wasn't even to space either since the Kárman Line is 100km and SpaceShipTwo only went to 87.2km. Nonetheless this is an incredible feat of engineering and all the Virgin Galactic crew should be very proud!

[@rogerfouchong181]

Yes we did it

[@MrTuffarts]

did it land, did they run out of video, or too scary

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Look at that curvature of Earth. Wait a minute! Who said the Earth is flat?

[@_Shinasu]

Whats the backpacks they are wearing? Looks like they are all wearing parachutes

[@steveyountz1757]

1:58.........Any idea what the debris is floating by on the right side of the screen?

[@mikafiltenborg7572]

Ice... ❄️

[@gmarie701]

Frozen puke.

[@idrvplanes]

Well now I’m Jelly!!

[@paulbizard3493]

How much?

[@luckyluke7409]

Looks amazing 👌 But what is that flying around in space 1:58 🧐

[@ultraultraultra]

yeah, typical hooman. leaving garbage everywhere -.-

[@AquaholicAdventurerBoatLog]

Ice!

[@TsarHare]

namaste

[@user-td6nl8go2c]

Keep going! This is great, this is the future. We will not forgive you bankruptcy, we will find you and punish you!

[@kalle1201]

Please help: 87 km and a max speed of 2.94 Mach. This sounds both far too low for having experience of weightless. Or am I wrong? So how many minutes were they in space ?

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Neither the speed nor the altitude is the reason for the weightlessness, not only here, but actually in no situation. Have you eve experienced airtime on a roller coaster? That is weightlessness, the same as here. You know Zero-G-Airplanes that make parabolic flights so that people are weightless in it for a short time? This is here is the same thing, just higher. It just goes straight up and falls down. The range of gravity is unlimited. The International Space Station is 400 km high but even there gravity is only 13% weaker than down here. When a rocket with a spacecraft launches, then the astronauts do NOT starting to float around weightless when they reach "space". Instead that happen when the rocket stops the engine and the spacecraft begins to drift/fall/move only by its momentum. The reason why satellites don't fall down is because they were accelerated sideways up to 28000 km/h, so they stay in orbit. Some people know that but don't understand it really. The 28000 km/h is not the reason why astronauts in the ISS are weightless. The speed just stretches the length of the fall. In a perfect vacuum up to infinite. In reality in low earth orbit (where you still have some atmospheric drag; the ISS loses more than 50 m of altitude per day) like 2 years. It falls down in a spiral around the earth. The question "how long were they in space" doesn't make much sense and is irrelevant. Actually many people would say that they never never were in space, because the most used definition for the beginning of space is 100 km. But Virgin Galactic here takes the freedom of using the US definition of 80 km. However, they are already weightless before they reach 80 km, because they stop the engine earlier but just keep on going up. And at the end it doesn't matter. The atmosphere becomes thinner fluently, you cannot say were it ends. Both the 80 km and the 100 km definition is more or less arbitrary. And especially it has nothing to do with gravity.

[@kalle1201]

@@sebastiannolte1201 ok thanks for the explanation. There are more questions i have but this is a almost full answer

[@sebastiannolte1201]

@@kalle1201 Gern geschehen (ich glaube du verstehst mich auch, wenn ich deutsch schreibe 😉)

[@kalle1201]

@@sebastiannolte1201 macht es einfacher! 😂 Doch lustig, dass mir ausgerechnet ein Deutscher antwortet😆 War mein Englisch soo schlecht?!

[@sebastiannolte1201]

@@kalle1201 Nein, gar nicht, aber bei "Kalle" dachte ich mir das, und bin dann auf dein Profil und da ist ein Video von einem ICE in Leipzig

[@spacedevice47]

What’s the bit of debris at 1:59 ?

[@jimmyjango5213]

poo

[@jdogdarkness]

Finally, id be a little concerned where that space debris came from lol

[@orbitalthrust1526]

Looks like ice

[@dancobb118]

The rocket nozzle is ablatively cooled, some pieces are just falling off the nozzle which is not reused.

[@orbitalthrust1526]

@@dancobb118 I think the engine is powered by hybrid propellants so they are using a liquid oxidiser. That could be the source of ice but I could be wrong.

[@dancobb118]

@@orbitalthrust1526 ice is definitely a possibility. Notice the sparks as it burns, the is the nozzle coating. Perfectly normal

[@SmokeGray]

My thoughts exactly

[@iitzfizz]

Gutted I'll likely never experience such a thing.

[@donelliot7650]

Landing?

[@djbowler3333]

No landing video. Hmmm

[@LuciFeric137]

Definitely the coolest suborbital system. However the long dry spell is due to structural damage incurred on its last flight.

[@BnORailFan]

I didn't hear about damage. What was the problem?

[@bxpress6507]

the problem was Unity strayed away from its planned flight path a bit..still CONGRATS👍

[@BradyBaseball13]

No, it was from the cumulative wear and tear of over 20 glide and powered flights. Similar to airliners need scheduled maintenance.

[@ledzep448]

@@BnORailFan some disgruntled ex emp was talking about how multiple trips put stress on the paint job. it was bs report to bring down the share price

[@CUBEoneVX]

thats a lot of molten stuff coming out of that engine, is that normal?

[@leschortos9196]

Im no expert but maybe it's an ablative coating on the rocket nozzle. That means it slowly erodes to protect the nozzle and shed the heat away.

[@702Wolfi]

Yes. It's burnt solid rocket fuel residue.

[@sMVshortMusicVideos]

What is floating around at 1:59?

[@AquaholicAdventurerBoatLog]

Ice?

[@ggrreeggy]

funny, did they not know how near zero gravity works? She looks terrified and won't let go!

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Never been in a roller coaster? "Zero Gravity" also works a few feet over the ground.

[@sam7975]

Perhaps I will win a competition to experience this? I tried relentlessly for many years to win a trip on concord from the Sun Newspaper. Unfortunately concord was cancelled and i wasted my time. Hope my luck has changed 😮