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#ICYMI, last week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic's #SpaceTwoTwo while it investigates a trajectory "mishap" during its July flight with the company's billionaire founder.

SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity coasts toward apogee after its first spaceflight from New Mexico’s Spaceport America. Credit: Virgin Galactic Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo program after a “mishap” occurred on the company’s last crewed flight into space. (more…)

The #Unity22 #SpaceShipTwo mission takes @richardbranson and five others on a suborbital spaceflight over @Spaceport_NM. This was the first full crew aboard the @virgingalactic #VSSUnity spacecraft.

VSS Unity fires its hybrid rocket motor to place it on a suborbital trajectory into space. Aboard were two pilots and four mission specialists, including Virgin Galactic’s founder, Richard Branson. Credit: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft took its first full crew, which included the company’s billionaire founder Richard Branson, on a brief foray into space.…