The last mission of the rocket plane

June 14, 2024

Virgin Galactic conducted its latest flight of the VSS Unity rocketplane - Galactic-07 mission. On board the spacecraft were Commander Nikola Pichelle, Pilot Jamil Djandji, as well as four passengers: Tuva Jihangir Atasever from the Turkish Space Agency, Americans Anand Marish Sadhwani and Irving Izak Pergament, and Italian Giorgio Montenti. The rocketplane reached a maximum altitude of over 87.5 km. This flight marks the retirement of the VSS Unity rocketplane, which will be replaced by the Delta rocketplane that the company plans to build by 2026.