Nicola Pecile
Nicola Pecile is a Virgin Galactic pilot. That professional background preceded Pecile's participation in Virgin Galactic's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- Italy
Flights
4
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
4 suborbital flights
Bio
Galactic 01 launched on June 29, 2023 aboard VSS Unity, with Pecile serving as Pilot. Galactic 03 launched on September 8, 2023 aboard VSS Unity, with Pecile serving as . Pecile's additional completed flights were Galactic 06, Galactic 07.
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. Nicola Pecile therefore has 4 completed spaceflights; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Pecile's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment.