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Virgin Galactic Completes First Private Astronaut Spaceflight Galactic 02 (Press Release)
Third Successful Spaceflight in Just Over Three Months
Historic Mission Flew First Olympian, First Female Astronauts from Caribbean and Most Women Flown in a Single Mission to Space
Galactic 03, the Company’s Third Commercial Spaceflight, Planned for September
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic” or the “Company,”) today announced the completion of its first private astronaut flight, Galactic 02. 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 Barbuda, Galactic 02 achieved the following:
- First female astronauts from the Caribbean
- First mother-daughter duo to go to space
- Most women flown in a single space mission
- Youngest person to go to space
- First Olympian to go to space
- First majority female spaceflight
- The sixth and seventh Black women to go to space
- Second person with Parkinson’s to go to space
- Third oldest person to go to space
In-Flight Facts:
Take-off Time: 8:30 AM, MDT (7:30 AM, PDT)
Release Altitude: 44,300 feet (13,503 meters)
Apogee: 55 miles (89 kilometers)
Landing Time: 9:30 AM, MDT (8:30 AM, PDT)
Source: Virgin Galactic
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— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) August 10, 2023
