Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise/Unity test campaign and commercial rollout (2004–2023)

1. Virgin Galactic is founded for space tourism

   Sep 1, 2004Labels: Virgin Galactic, Suborbital tourism

   • Space com
   • Nature

2. SpaceShipTwo is unveiled as VSS Enterprise

   Dec 7, 2009Labels: VSS Enterprise, Scaled Composites

   • NSS
   • VSS Enterprise

3. VSS Enterprise completes first crewed glide

   Oct 10, 2010Labels: VSS Enterprise, WhiteKnightTwo

   • VSS Enterprise

4. VSS Enterprise makes first powered flight

   Apr 29, 2013Labels: VSS Enterprise, Hybrid rocket

   • VSS Enterprise

5. VSS Enterprise breaks up during test flight

   Oct 31, 2014Labels: VSS Enterprise, In-flight breakup

   • NTSB
   • VSS Enterprise

6. NTSB cites premature feather unlock as cause

   Jul 28, 2015Labels: NTSB, Feather system

   • NTSB

7. Virgin Galactic rolls out VSS Unity

   Feb 19, 2016Labels: VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic

   • TechCrunch
   • VSS Unity

8. VSS Unity completes first glide flight

   Dec 3, 2016Labels: VSS Unity, Glide flight

   • VSS Unity

9. VSS Unity returns to powered, supersonic flight

   Apr 5, 2018Labels: VSS Unity, Supersonic flight

   • CNBC
   • Space com

10. Unity reaches space by U.S. definition

    Dec 13, 2018Labels: VSS Unity, VP-03

    • Wired
    • VSS Unity

11. Unity carries first onboard passenger on spaceflight

    Feb 22, 2019Labels: VSS Unity, Beth Moses

    • NASASpaceFlight
    • VSS Unity

12. Richard Branson flies on Unity 22 mission

    Jul 11, 2021Labels: Unity 22, Richard Branson

    • NASASpaceFlight
    • Unity 22

13. Unity 25 completes final pre-commercial assessment

    May 25, 2023Labels: Unity 25, Pre-commercial assessment

    • CNBC
    • NASASpaceFlight

14. Galactic 01 launches first commercial service flight

    Jun 29, 2023Labels: Galactic 01, Commercial flight

    • Axios
    • KRWG
    • Galactic 01