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| Above, VSS Unity touches down in the Mojave Desert. Virgin Galactic photo. |
Things are happening tomorrow from Spaceport America in New Mexico. It is 20 miles southeast of Truth or Consequences.
The city of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is about 250 miles from Jamestown, so it is questionable that I will be able to see the space plane of Richard Branson take flight Sunday morning.
I have seen many rocket launches from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California from Los Angeles, but that was because Vandenburg's distance was half that of Truth or Consequences from my vantage point. Since VSS Unity will be going 50 miles up, seeing it from my backyard is a big maybe.
According to Business Insider:
Virgin Galactic is about to rocket four people — including the company's founder, Richard Branson — to the edge of space.
The company has flown people on its reusable, winged rocket plane, called SpaceShipTwo, three times since December 2018. But two of those flights involved only Virgin Galactic pilots. Only one of the flights carried a passenger.
On Sunday, the SpaceShipTwo plane, called VSS Unity, is set to carry the company's first full crew more than 50 miles above the Earth.
The rocket plane will be dropped from a plane, VMS Eve, X-15 style. The flight will be livestreamed starting at 9:00 Sunday morning.
To read more, go here.
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