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‘Galactic 04’ Zooms Away – Virgin Galactic’s Fifth Spaceflight in Five Months Lands Safely

By John Williams
SpaceRef
October 6, 2023
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‘Galactic 04’ Zooms Away – Virgin Galactic’s Fifth Spaceflight in Five Months Lands Safely
Galactic 04 passengers experience weightlessness.
Image credit: Virgin Galactic.

Highlighting a continued monthly launch cadence, Galactic 04/SpaceShipTwo flitted with the edge of space today (October 6), carrying a three-person passenger crew accompanied by the company’s head astronaut instructor and two pilots at the helm of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity. This marks the fifth commercial flight in as many months.

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John Williams

John is a Colorado-based science writer, astrophotographer, science outreach enthusiast, and creative technologist. He is the author of award-winning Hubble Star Cards and a few children's books.