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SpaceShipTwo (SS2) History
This list contains only free flights. Unpowered glide flights are marked in grey. Flights qualifying as spaceflights are marked with a *.
| # | Date | Flight | LS | Crew | Crew | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.10.2010 | VSS Enterprise GF01 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Alsbury, Michael T. |
(1) (1) |
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| 2 | 28.10.2010 | VSS Enterprise GF02 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Alsbury, Michael T. |
(1) (2) |
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| 3 | 17.11.2010 | VSS Enterprise GF03 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Nichols, Clint |
(2) (1) |
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| 4 | 13.01.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF04 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(2) (2) |
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| 5 | 22.04.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF05 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Shane, Douglas B. |
(3) (1) |
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| 6 | 27.04.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF06 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Alsbury, Michael T. |
(3) (3) |
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| 7 | 04.05.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF07 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Nichols, Clint |
(4) (3) |
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| 8 | 10.05.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF08 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Shane, Douglas B. |
(4) (2) |
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| 9 | 19.05.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF09 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Binnie, W. Brian |
(5) (1) |
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| 10 | 25.05.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF10 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Binnie, W. Brian |
(5) (2) |
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| 11 | 14.06.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF11 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Shane, Douglas B. |
(6) (3) |
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| 12 | 15.06.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF12 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(6) (4) |
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| 13 | 21.06.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF13 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Nichols, Clint |
(7) (5) |
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| 14 | 23.06.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF14 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(7) (6) |
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| 15 | 27.06.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF15 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Binnie, W. Brian |
(8) (3) |
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| 16 | 29.09.2011 | VSS Enterprise GF16 | Mo | Plt CoPlt Eng |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint Persall, Wesley |
(8) (7) (1) |
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| 17 | 26.06.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF17 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Alsbury, Michael T. |
(9) (4) |
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| 18 | 29.06.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF18 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Mackay, David W. D. |
(9) (1) |
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| 19 | 18.07.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF19 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Nichols, Clint |
(10) (8) |
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| 20 | 02.08.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF20 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(10) (9) |
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| 21 | 07.08.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF21 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Colmer, Keith |
(11) (1) |
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| 22 | 11.08.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF22 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Binnie, W. Brian |
(11) (4) |
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| 23 | 19.12.2012 | VSS Enterprise GF23 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Alsbury, Michael T. |
(12) (5) |
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| 24 | 03.04.2013 | VSS Enterprise GF24 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(13) (10) |
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| 25 | 12.04.2013 | VSS Enterprise CF01 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Alsbury, Michael T. |
(14) (6) |
Cold flow test |
| 26 | 29.04.2013 | VSS Enterprise PF01 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Alsbury, Michael T. |
(15) (7) |
16.8 km, Mach 1.2; first powered flight |
| 27 | 26.07.2013 | VSS Enterprise GF25 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Mackay, David W. D. |
(16) (2) |
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| 28 | 08.08.2013 | VSS Enterprise GF26 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Mackay, David W. D. |
(17) (3) |
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| 29 | 05.09.2013 | VSS Enterprise PF02 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Nichols, Clint |
(18) (11) |
21.0 km, Mach 1.43 |
| 30 | 11.12.2013 | VSS Enterprise GF27 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Masucci, Michael J. |
(19) (1) |
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| 31 | 10.01.2014 | VSS Enterprise PF03 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Stucky, Mark P. |
(4) (20) |
21.6 km, Mach 1.4 |
| 32 | 17.01.2014 | VSS Enterprise GF28 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(12) (1) |
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| 33 | 29.07.2014 | VSS Enterprise GF29 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Masucci, Michael J. Siebold, Peter |
(2) (13) |
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| 34 | 28.08.2014 | VSS Enterprise CF02 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Alsbury, Michael T. |
(14) (8) |
Cold flow test |
| 35 | 07.10.2014 | VSS Enterprise GF30 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(15) (2) |
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| 36 | 31.10.2014 | VSS Enterprise PF04 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Siebold, Peter Alsbury, Michael T. (†) |
(16) (9) |
Vehicle disintegrated due to unlocked feather mechanism during propulsive flight, Alsbury was killed and Siebold was severly injured |
| 37 | 03.12.2016 | VSS Unity GF01 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Mackay, David W. D. |
(21) (5) |
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| 38 | 22.12.2016 | VSS Unity GF02 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Stucky, Mark P. |
(6) (22) |
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| 39 | 24.02.2017 | VSS Unity GF03 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(7) (3) |
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| 40 | 01.05.2017 | VSS Unity GF04 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Masucci, Michael J. |
(23) (3) |
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| 41 | 01.06.2017 | VSS Unity GF05 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(8) (4) |
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| 42 | 04.08.2017 | VSS Unity GF06 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(9) (5) |
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| 43 | 11.01.2018 | VSS Unity GF07 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Masucci, Michael J. |
(24) (4) |
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| 44 | 05.04.2018 | VSS Unity PF01 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Mackay, David W. D. |
(25) (10) |
25.7 km; Mach 1.87 |
| 45 | 29.05.2018 | VSS Unity PF02 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Stucky, Mark P. |
(11) (26) |
34.9 km; Mach 1.90 |
| 46 | 26.07.2018 | VSS Unity PF03 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Masucci, Michael J. |
(12) (5) |
52.0 km; Mach 2.47 |
| 47 | 13.12.2018 | VSS Unity PF04 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Sturckow, Frederick W. |
1 (27) 5 (6) |
82 km |
| 48 | 22.02.2019 | VSS Unity PF05 | Mo | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Masucci, Michael J. Moses, N. Beth |
1 (13) 1 (6) 1 (1) |
89.9 km |
| 49 | 01.05.2020 | VSS Unity GF08 | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Sturckow, Frederick W. |
(14) (7) |
1st flight from Spaceport America |
| 50 | 25.06.2020 | VSS Unity GF09 | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Stucky, Mark P. Masucci, Michael J. |
(28) (7) |
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| 51 | 12.12.2020 | VSS Unity PF06 | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Sturckow, Frederick W. Mackay, David W. D. |
(8) (15) |
1st powered flight from Spaceport America, aborted |
| 52 | 22.05.2021 | VSS Unity PF07 | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Sturckow, Frederick W. Mackay, David W. D. |
6 (9) 2 (16) |
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| 53 | 11.07.2021 | VSS Unity PF08 | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Mackay, David W. D. Masucci, Michael J. Branson, Richard C. N. Moses, N. Beth Bennett, Colin Bandla, Sirisha |
3 (11) 2 (8) 1 (1) 2 (2) 1 (1) 1 (1) |
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| 50 | 25.06.2023 | VSS Unity 24 (GF) | SA | Plt CoPlt |
Sturckow, Frederick W.. Pecile, Nicola |
(10) (1) |
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| 54 | 25.05.2023 | VSS Unity 25 | SA | Plt CoPlt Cab |
Masucci, Michael J. Sturckow, Frederick W. Moses, N. Beth Mays, Luke Huie, Christopher Gilbert, Jamila |
3 (9) 7 (10) 3 (3) 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) |
Launch sites:
Mo = Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave, California, USA
SA = Spaceport America (SouthWest Regional Spaceport), Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA
