SIERRA COUNTY – After a night of rainy weather pushed the mission back more than an hour and a half, Virgin Galactic s Unity 22 mission the 22nd for its space plane VSS Unity launched at approximately 8:42 a.m. with a crew of six on board, including Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson.
The carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off over New Mexico s Spaceport America to cheers from hundreds of invited guests gathered near the main hangar, where a stage platform had been set up in anticipation of a musical performance following the Unity s flight.
It was the second suborbital space flight for Moses, who flew as the test passenger on Virgin s Feb. 22, 2019, test flight.
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