The future tourist ship Virgin Galactic flew over the edge of space on 26 of July this 2018

Tourist ship Virgin Galactic - For Space Tourism 2018

The future tourist ship Virgin Galactic flew over the edge of space on 26 of July this 2018

The American company Virgin Galactic, in whose plans the organization of suborbital space flights for tourists, has successfully completed the third test launch of its spacecraft VSS Unity.

The spacecraft has reached its highest altitude and speed for the entire test time. The WK2 carrier carried VSS Unity to a height of 52,000 m and entered the mesosphere for the first time. This layer of the atmosphere is located between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and has not been sufficiently studied.

After undocking VSS Unity under the control of pilots Dave McKay and Mike Mazucci overcame the speed of two Mach.

The company Richard Branson returned to the tests in April. Earlier in 2014, one of the pilots died as a result of the crash. The purpose of Virgin Galactic is that the spacecraft with passengers reached an altitude of 80,500 m, where space tourists will be in zero gravity and be able to observe the curvature of the Earth from the window.

BY SPACE · JULY 31, 2018

What is VSS unity:

VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered manned spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.

The Space Tourism & The Space line from Virgin Galactic Says

As the space line for Earth, Virgin Galactic will always be focused on creating the safest and best customer experience through the operation of new generation, reusable space vehicles.

Our initial operations will give us unequalled experience of flying large numbers of non-professional astronauts, safely and enjoyably, in high acceleration and micro-gravity environments.

In time, we expect to be operating a variety of vehicles from multiple locations to cater for the demands of the growing space-user community. Whether that be transporting passengers to Earth orbiting hotels and science laboratories, or providing a world-shrinking, transcontinental service – at Virgin Galactic we will always be striving to open space to change the world for good.

 

The New Perspective  of Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic recognizes that the answers to many of the challenges we face in sustaining life on our beautiful but fragile planet, lie in making better use of space.

Sending people to space has not only expanded our understanding of science, but taught us amazing things about human ingenuity, physiology and psychology.

From space, we are able to look with a new perspective both outward and back. From space, the borders that are fought over on Earth are arbitrary lines. From space it is clear that there is much more that unites than divides us.

We are at the vanguard of a new industry determined to pioneer twenty-first century spacecraft, which will open space to everybody — and change the world for good.Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Galactic

 

.@virgingalactic SpaceShipTwo #VSSUnity under powered flight speeding toward the edge of earth’s atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/BahmMNTaae

— Brady Kenniston (@TheFavoritist) July 26, 2018

 

Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides confirmed on April 26, 2017, that the company plans to fly space tourists in 2018.  Credit: Getty Images