Colin Bennett
Colin Bennett is a Virgin Galactic operations engineer. That professional background preceded Bennett's participation in Virgin Galactic's human-spaceflight program.
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Flights
3
Spacewalks
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EVA time
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In space
3 suborbital flights
Bio
Unity 22 launched on July 11, 2021 aboard VSS Unity, with Bennett serving as Lead Operations Engineer. Galactic 01 launched on June 29, 2023 aboard VSS Unity, with Bennett serving as Astronaut Instructor. Bennett's additional completed flights were Galactic 05.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo system is carried aloft by a mothership, released for a rocket-powered suborbital climb, and flown back to a runway landing. Colin Bennett therefore has 3 completed spaceflights; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Bennett's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment.