| Galactic 06 | |
| Mission Type: | Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight |
| Operator: | Virgin Galactic |
| Spacecraft: | VSS Unity |
| Spacecraft Type: | SpaceShipTwo |
| Manufacturer: | The Spaceship Company |
| Crew Size: | 6 |
| Crew Members: | CJ Sturckow Nicola Pecile Lina Borozdina Robie Vaughn Franz Haider Neil Kornswiet |
| Launch Date: | 26 January 2024, 17:00UTC |
| Launch Site: | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
| Deployment From: | VMS Eve |
| Landing Date: | 26 January 2024, 17:56UTC |
| Landing Site: | Spaceport America Runway 34 |
| Programme: | VSS Unity spaceflights |
| Previous Mission: | Galactic 05 |
| Next Mission: | Galactic 07 |
| Insignia: | File:Virgin Galactic - Galactic 6 Patch.png |
| Insignia Caption: | Galactic 06 mission patch |
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] [2]
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, while Lina Borozdina became the first Ukrainian woman in space.[3]