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Topic: Virgin Galactic SS2 spaceflight: 'Galactic 01'

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 06-26-2023 09:27 AM <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]Virgin Galactic Announces 'Galactic 01' Crew Onboard the First Commercial Spaceflight[/b]</font> [i]Italian Air Force and National Research Council Crew To Conduct Scientific Research Experiments 'Galactic 01' Target Flight Date is June 29, 2023[/i] This historic mission is Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight and represents a new era in government funded commercial human-tended research missions. The three-person crew from the Italian Air Force and National Research Council of Italy will board VSS Unity for a 90-minute flight to conduct a series of suborbital science experiments. VSS Unity's cabin will be transformed into a suborbital science lab to provide the environment for rack mounted payloads and for the crew to interact with wearable payloads. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/virgin_galactic_galactic01_crew01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/virgin_galactic_galactic01_crew01.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a></center> "'Galactic 01' is our first commercial spaceflight, and we're honored to have been selected by the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council to support their first space research mission, 'Virtute 1'. Virgin Galactic's research missions will usher in a new era of repeatable and reliable access to space for government and research institutions for years to come," said Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic. [b]Mission Objectives[/b] [list][]Conduct 13 <a href="https://www.virgingalactic.com/galactic-01-research-payloads-fact-sheet" target="AirLock">human-tended and autonomous experiments</a> which examine biomedicine thermo-fluid dynamics, and the development of innovative and sustainable materials in microgravity conditions. []Collect data through wearable payloads and sensors, and by autonomous payloads mounted in the cabin on Virgin Galactic's payload rack system.[/list] <font size="+0">[b]Meet the Crew[/b]</font> <a href="https://www.virgingalactic.com/virgin-galactic-astronauts" target="AirLock">Read all astronaut bios</a> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T4_-cDnbr9k" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>[list][][b]Col. Walter Villadei[/b] Italian Air Force Astronaut 008 <UL>[]In 2021, Col. Villadei started his professional astronaut training at NASA through Axiom and in 2022 qualified as the Ax-2 mission backup pilot. He performed multiple extreme analog training activities including centrifuge, parabolic flight, NOLS, survival training, flight training and scuba diving. []Qualified on Soyuz, ISS systems, and Orlan for EVA activities. []Col. Villadei is the 'Virtute 1' mission commander. He will be tending to the rack-mounted payloads and wearing a state-of-the-art smart suit to measure his biometric data and physiological responses. He is in charge of the research execution and this spaceflight is part of his astronaut training for a future orbital space mission to the ISS.[/list] [][b]Lt. Col. Angelo Landolfi[/b] Physician, Italian Air Force Astronaut 009 <UL>[]Undergraduate degrees in medicine & surgery, diving & hyperbaric medicine, and forensic medicine. []Master's degrees in public health and preventative medicine, and in international military strategic studies. []Ph.D. in Legal Medicine and Forensic Science. []Trained as a crew surgeon as part of Cosmonaut training program and is a trained flight test surgeon. []EASA Aeromedical Examiner and CRM trainer. []Lt. Col. Landolfi plans to conduct tests on 'Galactic 01' to measure cognitive performance in microgravity and to investigate how certain liquids and solids mix in microgravity.</UL> [][b]Pantaleone Carlucci[/b] Engineer, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) Astronaut 010 <UL>[]Technical engineer and pilot that has worked at the CNR for more than 8 years in the fields of engineering of scientific instrumentation on aircraft platforms, with a focus on the implementation of payloads. []In charge of technical coordination of strategic projects on stratospheric platforms and air launch. []Member of various coordination committees set up under framework agreements that the CNR has signed with companies operating in the space and aerospace sectors. []On the 'Galactic 01' mission Carlucci will be conducting tests that involve wearing multiple sensors that examine heart rate, brain function and other human performance metrics during spaceflight and in microgravity.</UL> [][b]Colin Bennett[/b] Astronaut Instructor, Virgin Galactic Astronaut 003 <UL>[]Colin is the lead astronaut instructor carrying out all training and preparation for the Italian Air Force mission and will fly with the crew to assess the research flight experience during the mission. []Colin is Astronaut 003, who joined Sir Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed mission, Unity 22. []Previously served several roles in Mission Control including Flight Director.</UL></UL> <font size="+0">[b]Meet The Pilots[/b]</font> <iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FxTPVWWTLhU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> [b]VSS Unity[/b] [list][][b]Mike Masucci[/b] Commander <UL>[]Flying Since: 1982 []No. of Types Flown: 80+ []Main Types Flown: U-2, F-16, T-38, Citation X []Total Experience: 10,000+ Hours []Spaceflights: 4th []US Air Force Lt Col (Retired)[/list] [][b]Nicola Pecile[/b] Pilot <UL>[]Flying Since: 1991 []No. of Types Flown: 170 []Main Types Flown: Tornado FMK.3 ADV, NH-500E []Total Experience: 7,700+ Hours []Spaceflights: 1st []Former Italian Air Force Lt Col</UL></UL> [b]VMS Eve[/b] [list][][b]Kelly Latimer[/b] Commander <UL>[]Flying Since: 1989 []No. of Types Flown: 50+ []Main Types Flown: T-38, C-141, C-17, T-34, B-747SP []Total Experience: 6,700+ Hours []US Air Force Lt Col (Retired)[/list] [][b]Jameel Janjua[/b] Pilot <UL>[]Flying Since: 1995 []No. of Types Flown: 60+ []Main Types Flown: CF-18, F-16, Tornado GR4, F-15, Learjet []Total Experience: 4,000+ Hours []Canadian Air Force Major (Retired)</UL></UL> "We're proud to be facilitating international collaboration between spacefaring nations and industry pioneers to expand human knowledge. This flight will showcase our distinctive spaceflight system, which allows researchers to fly with their experiments, and our capacity to offer regular access to space for the science and technology comm"unity," said Sirisha Bandla, Vice President, Government Affairs and Research Operations. "Virtute 1 mission is the first Italian and European suborbital flight. A breakthrough and pathfinder mission, conceived and designed with Italian National Research Council and Virgin Galactic to test the versatility of suborbital spaceflight for scientific and technological research. "We are flying payloads from multiple disciplines in one mission and are utilizing the entire flight profile to collect invaluable data. Suborbital spaceflight will revolutionize aeronautics transportation in the future, expanding access to space for a much larger community," said Col. Walter Villadei, 'Virtute 1' Mission Commander.</blockquote>
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