Michael Alsbury
Michael Alsbury is a scaled composites test pilot. That professional background preceded Alsbury's participation in Virgin Galactic's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
- October 31, 2014
- Birthplace
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Flights
3
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
3 research or suborbital flights
Bio
VSS Enterprise PF01 launched on April 29, 2013 aboard VSS Enterprise, with Alsbury serving as Copilot. VSS Enterprise PF03 launched on January 10, 2014 aboard VSS Enterprise, with Alsbury serving as Copilot. Alsbury's additional completed flights were VSS Enterprise PF04.
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. Michael Alsbury therefore has 3 completed spaceflights; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Alsbury's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment.