Galactic 06

Short description: 2024 private crewed suborbital spaceflight

Galactic 06

Mission type| Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Operator| Virgin Galactic
Apogee| 88.8 km (55.2 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft| VSS Unity
Spacecraft type| SpaceShipTwo
Manufacturer| The Spaceship Company
Crew
Crew size| 6
Members| CJ Sturckow
Nicola Pecile
Lina Borozdina
Robie Vaughn
Franz Haider
Neil Kornswiet
Start of mission
Launch date| 26 January 2024, 17:00 UTC
Launch site| Spaceport America Runway 34
Deployed from| VMS Eve
End of mission
Landing date| 26 January 2024, 17:56 UTC
Landing site| Spaceport America Runway 34

Galactic 06 mission patch

VSS Unity spaceflights

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Galactic 06 was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 26 January 2024. It was the sixth commercial spaceflight and eleventh overall spaceflight for American aerospace company Virgin Galactic.[1]

## Crew

Galactic 06's crew included four private passengers and two Virgin Galactic employees. First mission without an astronaut instructor on board. Franz Haider became the second Austrian citizen in space after Franz Viehböck.

Position | Crew

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Commander  |  CJ Sturckow
Tenth spaceflight
Pilot  |  Nicola Pecile
Third spaceflight
Tourist  | / Lina Borozdina
First spaceflight
Tourist  |  Robie Vaughn
First spaceflight
Tourist  |  Franz Haider
First spaceflight
Tourist  |  Neil Kornswiet
First spaceflight

## References

1. ↑ "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES 11TH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT" (in en). 26 January 2024. https://www.virgingalactic.com/news/virgin-galactic-completes-11th-successful-spaceflight.

## See also

* List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024

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