The first Italian suborbital mission with a crew of the Air Force and the CNR The ninety-minute flight, aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft, made it possible to carry out scientific research and experiments in microgravity conditions It left today at 16.30, from Virgin Galactic's America spaceport (in New Mexico - [...]
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The Unity23 mission will be carried out in 2022 following the completion of technical checks and aircraft upgrades for Virgin Galactic's suborbital flight As announced by Virgin Galactic, the "Unity 23" mission - the 23rd flight of the VSS Unity space plane - will be rescheduled in course of 2022, after the completion of a series [...]
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The first Italian scientific suborbital mission will be presented in Rome on Thursday in Rome at the headquarters of the Air Force General Staff. Sixty years after the first suborbital flight carried out by the Mercury capsule, the joint initiative between [...]
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Agreement between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic The first contract between the Italian Air Force and Virgin Galactic for the purchase of a suborbital scientific research flight was signed today at the Italian Embassy in Washington. The flight will depart from the New Mexico Spaceport in the US in December 2020. To sign [...]
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