VSS Unity (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "VSS Unity" in English language version.

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aeronewstv.com

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airspacemag.com

Rosenberg, Zach. "The Making of SpaceShipTwo". Air & Space Smithsonian. Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

avweb.com

"New SpaceShipTwo Rollout Friday". AVweb. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
Grady, Mary (10 April 2018). "First Supersonic, Powered Flight For Virgin's Unity". AVweb. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

bbc.co.uk

"Virgin Galactic cleared to resume space flights". BBC. 30 September 2021.
"Virgin Galactic rocket plane flies to edge of space". BBC News. 22 May 2021.

bbc.com

"Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space". BBC. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

bloomberg.com

Einhorn, Bruce (5 July 2017). "Branson Aims Mid-2018 Space Trip as Virgin Resumes Powered Tests". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

businesswire.com

"Virgin Galactic Welcomes SpaceShipTwo Unity to Spaceport America, New Mexico" (Press release). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
"Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Completes Second Flight from Spaceport America" (Press release). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

cbc.ca

"Virgin Galactic unveils new space tourism rocket plane". CBC News. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

cnbc.com

Sheetz, Michael (7 September 2017). "Virgin Galactic is returning to powered flights, CEO says, in a crucial next step for the spaceship company". CNBC. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
Sheetz, Michael (5 April 2018). "Virgin Galactic completes first rocket powered, supersonic flight of new spacecraft Unity". cnbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
"Virgin Galactic completes Unity 25 spaceflight in key final test before commercial service". CNBC News. 25 May 2023.

cnn.com

Crane, Rachel (13 June 2014). "Inside Virgin Galactic's newest passenger spaceship". Inside Virgin Galactic's Space Tourism Rocket Factory. CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
"Virgin Galactic unveils new spaceship". CNN. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

csmonitor.com

Weston Williams (5 December 2016). "Space tourism: Virgin Galactic makes successful glide test". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

economist.com

"One small step for space tourism..." The Economist. 16 December 2004.

engadget.com

Krishna, Swapna (11 January 2018). "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is almost ready for powered tests". engadget.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

faa.gov

registry.faa.gov

"N202VG is Reserved". FAA. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

flugrevue.de

"Virgin Galactic: SpaceShipTwo beginnt Flugerprobung". flugrevue.de. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

geekwire.com

"Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo gets off the ground, two years after fatal mishap". GeekWire. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
"Virgin Galactic gets set for SpaceShipTwo flights that aim for space — but how high?". GeekWire. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
Boyle, Alan (22 December 2016). "Virgin Galactic sneaks in just one more SpaceShipTwo glide test to cap off 2016". GeekWire. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
Boyle, Alan (26 July 2018). "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane sails through third supersonic flight". geekwire.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

ibtimes.co.uk

Dean, Lewis (31 October 2014). "Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash: Pilot Dies After 'Serious' In-Flight Problem". International Business Times. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

ibtimes.com

Luke Villapaz (5 November 2014). "Virgin Galactic Hopes To Restart SpaceShipTwo Tests In Summer 2015". International Business Times.

inverse.com

"Virgin Galactic Looks to Its Next SpaceShipTwo Flight Test". inverse.com. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

kob.com

Camacho, Marian (11 January 2018). "SpaceShip Two test flight a success". kob.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

krone.at

"Bransons "VSS Unity" absolvierte ersten Gleitflug". krone.at. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

mashable.com

Plautz, Jessica; Kramer, Miriam (2 November 2015). "Richard Branson: Virgin Galactic's next space plane is coming in February". Mashable. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

nasaspaceflight.com

"VSS Unity aborts after engine start, safely lands with crew back at Spaceport America". 12 December 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
"Virgin Galactic successfully makes first human spaceflight from New Mexico". 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
Gebhardt, Chris; Burghardt, Thomas (12 December 2020). "VSS Unity aborts after engine start, safely lands with crew back at Spaceport America".

nbcnews.com

Alan Boyle (5 November 2014). "The Next SpaceShipTwo Takes Shape in Virgin Galactic Hangar". NBC News.
Alan Boyle (22 May 2015). "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo 2.0 Puts 'Weight on Wheels'". NBC News.

newatlas.com

"Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity edges closer to space". newatlas.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

newsdaily.com

Irene Klotz (5 November 2014). "New spaceship restoring hope after Virgin Galactic crash". SpaceDaily. Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

newsweek.com

"Virgin Galactic CEO Sees New Spacecraft Ready Next Year". Newsweek. Reuters. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

northjersey.com

Roll, Erin (21 November 2013). "Glen Ridge resident helping to launch commercial spaceflight". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

parabolicarc.com

Messier, Doug (4 November 2016). "Last Minute Scrub of SpaceShipTwo Glide Flight". parabolicarc.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

phys.org

"Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first glide flight". phys.org. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

space.com

Tariq Malik (1 November 2016). "Virgin Galactic Postpones 1st Glide Test with New SpaceShipTwo". Retrieved 4 November 2016.
Malik, Tariq (13 December 2018). "Virgin Galactic's 4th Powered Test Flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity in Twitter Posts". Space.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
"Virgin Galactic Postpones 1st Glide Test with New SpaceShipTwo". space.com. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
Wall, Mike (1 June 2017). "Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Makes 5th 'Glide Flight' (Photos)". space.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
Wall, Mike (11 January 2018). "Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Soars on 7th Glide Flight (Photo)". space.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Wall, Mike (29 May 2018). "Success! Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces 2nd Powered Test Flight". space.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
Weitering, Hanneke; July 26, Space com Staff Writer; ET, 2018 03:26pm. "Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces Test Flight, Reaching Mesosphere for the 1st Time". Space.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Bartels, Meghan (22 February 2019). "Virgin Galactic Reaches Space Again, Flies Test Passenger for 1st Time". space.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

spaceflightinsider.com

"Virgin Galactic conducts captive carry flight of SpaceShipTwo". spaceflightinsider.com. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

spaceflightnow.com

Clark, Stephen (5 April 2018). "Virgin Galactic completes first rocket-powered test flight since 2014". spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

spacenews.com

Foust, Jeff (8 May 2024). "Virgin Galactic plans higher mothership flight rate with next-generation spaceplanes". SpaceNews. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
Jeff Foust (14 October 2015). "SpaceShipTwo Bounces Back to Rubber Fuel". SpaceNews.
Second SpaceShipTwo performs first powered test flight, SpaceNews, Jeff Foust, 5 April 2018
Foust, Jeff (19 April 2019). "Virgin Galactic expects rapid conclusion of SpaceShipTwo test flights after downtime". spacenews.com. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
Jeff Foust (8 November 2023). "Virgin Galactic to halt Unity suborbital flights by mid-2024". Retrieved 11 November 2020.
"Second SpaceShipTwo makes second powered test flight – SpaceNews.com". spacenews.com. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

telegraph.co.uk

"Virgin Galactic 'to test new craft by end of year'". The Telegraph (London). 21 April 2015.
David Millward (4 December 2016). "Virgin Galactic's space programme moves forward as SpaceShipTwo carries out first successful glide test". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

thesundaytimes.co.uk

Harlow, John (9 November 2014). "Virgin: Our spaceship will be flying by April". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

theverge.com

Grush, Loren (22 February 2019). "Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board". The Verge. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
"The second powered flight of Virgin Galactic's spaceplane featured extra passenger seats". theverge.com. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Grush, Lauren (13 December 2018). "Virgin Galactic's spaceplane finally makes it to space for the first time". theverge.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

twitter.com

"Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
"Core memory unlocked. Welcome to space, #Galactic03. Congratulations, 014, 015, and 016!". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 8 September 2023.

virgingalactic.com

"Update from Mojave: VSS Unity's First Flight Test Completed - Virgin Galactic". virgingalactic.com. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
"Update from Mojave: Testing Testing 1-2-3". Virgin Galactic. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
"Mojave Update: SpaceShipTwo Construction". virgingalactic.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
"Virgin Galactic Reveals Spaceshiptwo Cabin Interior". 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
"Virgin Galactic Update on Test Flight Program". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
"Virgin Galactic is GO for launch". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
"Virgin Galactic". www.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
"Virgin Galactic completes fifth successful flight in five months". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
"Update from Mojave: Successful First Glide Flight Test for VSS Unity – Virgin Galactic". Virgin Galactic. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
"Update from Mojave: First Feather Flight of VSS Unity Completed". Virgin Galactic. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
"Update from Mojave: VSS Unity Flies with Propulsion Systems Installed and Live". Virgin Galactic. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
"Update from Mojave: VSS Unity successfully completes high speed glide flight". virgingalactic.com. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
"Into the Mesosphere at Mach 2". Virgin Galactic. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"Virgin Galactic". www.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
"Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo Completes First Flight From Spaceport America". www.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
"Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo Completes Second Flight From Spaceport America". www.virgingalactic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
"Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Fully Crewed Spaceflight". 11 July 2021.
"Virgin Galactic completes glide flight from Spaceport America". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
"Virgin Galactic completes successful spaceflight". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
"Virgin Galactic completes fifth successful flight in five months". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
"Virgin Galactic Completes Sixth Successful Spaceflight in Six Months". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

investors.virgingalactic.com

"'Galactic 05' research mission set to become Virgin Galactic's sixth flight in six months". Virgin Galactic (Press release). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

web.archive.org

Irene Klotz (5 November 2014). "New spaceship restoring hope after Virgin Galactic crash". SpaceDaily. Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
"Update from Mojave: VSS Unity's First Flight Test Completed - Virgin Galactic". virgingalactic.com. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
"Update from Mojave: Testing Testing 1-2-3". Virgin Galactic. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
"Mojave Update: SpaceShipTwo Construction". virgingalactic.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
Harlow, John (9 November 2014). "Virgin: Our spaceship will be flying by April". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
USA Today (19 February 2016). "New Virgin Galactic spacecraft gets rock star unveiling". Youtube. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016.
"N202VG is Reserved". FAA. 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
"Virgin Galactic unveils new spaceship". CNN. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
"Virgin Galactic conducts captive carry flight of SpaceShipTwo". spaceflightinsider.com. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
"Virgin Galactic Reveals Spaceshiptwo Cabin Interior". 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
Grush, Loren (22 February 2019). "Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board". The Verge. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
"Virgin Galactic Update on Test Flight Program". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
"Virgin Galactic: SpaceShipTwo beginnt Flugerprobung". flugrevue.de. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
"Update from Mojave: Successful First Glide Flight Test for VSS Unity – Virgin Galactic". Virgin Galactic. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
Camacho, Marian (11 January 2018). "SpaceShip Two test flight a success". kob.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

x.com

@virgingalactic (19 February 2016). "Virgin Galactic announces new ship name" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
@virgingalactic (13 December 2018). "We travelled at 2.9 Mach on the way up to today. That's 2.9 times the speed of sound" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
@virgingalactic (22 February 2019). "Mach 3.0" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (29 June 2023). "Galactic 01 stats: launch 1528:38 UTC, apogee 85.1 km, flight time from drop to main gear touchdown 13m50s. Drop location EBR P3 in my launch points list (107.0W 33.3N)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (10 August 2023). "I don't quite agree with these numbers. I have takeoff of White Knight 2 at 1429:45 UTC (in agreement with their 8.30 am MDT) but landing of SS2 at 1532:48 UTC (9.32 am MDT). Release time 1517:10 UTC and SS2 free flight time 15:38 with apogee 88.5 km" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (8 September 2023). "Virgin Galactic few Spaceship Two mission Galactic 03 on Sep 8. VMS Eve took off at 1434 UTC and dropped VSS Unity over the usual drop point (EBR P3 in my list) at about 1522:13 UTC. Unity boosted to 88.6 km apogee and landed at Spaceport America at 1535 UTC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (26 January 2024). "The @VirginGalactic Galactic 06 mission was launched from the WK02 carrier plane at 1742:05 UTC Jan 26 following takeoff around 1700 UTC. After a one minute rocket burn, SS2 reached an apogee of 88.8 km and landed after an approximately 14 minute free flight. (1/2)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (29 June 2023). "Galactic 01 stats: launch 1528:38 UTC, apogee 85.1 km, flight time from drop to main gear touchdown 13m50s. Drop location EBR P3 in my launch points list (107.0W 33.3N)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (10 August 2023). "I don't quite agree with these numbers. I have takeoff of White Knight 2 at 1429:45 UTC (in agreement with their 8.30 am MDT) but landing of SS2 at 1532:48 UTC (9.32 am MDT). Release time 1517:10 UTC and SS2 free flight time 15:38 with apogee 88.5 km" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

youtube.com

USA Today (19 February 2016). "New Virgin Galactic spacecraft gets rock star unveiling". Youtube. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016.