Richard Branson
Richard Branson is a Virgin Galactic founder. That professional background preceded Branson's participation in Virgin Galactic's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- United Kingdom
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
Unity 22 launched on July 11, 2021 aboard VSS Unity, with Branson serving as .
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. Richard Branson therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Branson's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.