Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22 flies to space soon: Here’s all about the mission

Virgin Galactic spaceship Unity 22 is all set to make history as it takes off with a few passengers, including the company’s billionaire founder Richard Branson, onboard. Besides Branson, three crewmates and two pilots will be carried into launch position by a massive carrier plane of Virgin Galactic, VMS Eve.

Flying to the edge of space, the team will take off on VSS Unity — a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered spaceplane — from the company’s Spaceport America in New Mexico. Here’s all you need to know about mission Unity 22.

– The basic aim of the mission is to serve as a test flight for future passenger flights by Virgin Galactic. While this will be the 22nd mission for VSS Unity, it is Virgin Galactic’s fourth crewed spaceflight.