VSS Unity VF-03
Launch Date
May 24, 2021
Craft
SpaceShipTwo
Status
Past
Crew
2
VSS Unity VF-03
Launch Date
May 24, 2021
Craft
SpaceShipTwo
Status
Past
Crew
2
Overview
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spaceship reached 89.2 km on this flight, making it a suborbital spaceflight by U.S. standards only. The U.S. marks the boundary of space at 80 km whereas the rest of the world uses the internationally recognized Kármán line at 100 km as the boundary to space.
Nations
Agencies
Crafts
SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipTwo is designed for suborbital tourism flights to space. Owned by Virgin Orbit, the SpaceShipTwo has so far climbed above the U.S. border to space of 80 km but not over the 100 km internationally-recognized point where space begins.
