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 Galactic 06 landing at Spaceport America | |
| Mission type | Crewedsub-orbital spaceflight |
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| Operator | Virgin Galactic |
| Mission duration | 9 minutes |
| Apogee | 88.8 km (55.2 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | VSSUnity |
| Spacecraft type | SpaceShipTwo |
| Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | CJ Sturckow Nicola Pecile Lina Borozdina Robie Vaughn Franz Haider Neil Kornswiet |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 January 2024, 17:00 UTC |
| Launch site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
| Deployed from | VMSEve |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 26 January 2024, 17:56 UTC |
| Landing site | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
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Galactic 06 was acrewedsub-orbital spaceflight of theSpaceShipTwo-classVSSUnity, which launched on 26 January 2024. It was the sixthcommercial spaceflight and eleventh overall spaceflight for American aerospace companyVirgin Galactic.[1][2]
Galactic 06's crew included four private passengers and two Virgin Galactic employees. First mission without an astronaut instructor on board. Franz Haider became the second Austrian citizen in space afterFranz Viehböck, while Lina Borozdina became the first Ukrainian woman in space.[3]
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| Commander |  CJ SturckowTenth spaceflight | |
| Pilot |  Nicola PecileThird spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Robie Vaughn Only spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  Franz HaiderOnly spaceflight | |
| Tourist |  / Lina BorozdinaOnly spaceflight | |
| Tourist | Neil Kornswiet Only spaceflight | |
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