Mark Stucky

American - (VG)

Retired

Date of Birth: Nov. 9, 1958
Age: 67

Mark P. "Forger" Stucky was an American test pilot and commercial astronaut for Virgin Galactic. He left the company in July 2021.

Spaceflight Record

Mark Stucky flew on 30 previous launch(es).

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
October 28, 2010 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF04

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
January 13, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF06

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 27, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF08

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
May 10, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF10

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
May 25, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF12

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 15, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF14

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 23, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF16

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
September 29, 2011 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF18

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 29, 2012 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF20

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
August 02, 2012 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF22

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
August 11, 2012 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF23

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
December 19, 2012 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF24

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 03, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise CF01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 12, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Cold flow test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise PF01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 29, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF25

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
July 25, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF26

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
August 08, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise PF02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
September 05, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF27

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
December 11, 2013 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise PF03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
January 10, 2014 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF28

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
January 17, 2014 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
September 08, 2016 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Test flight of VSS Unity with no release from the mothership VMS Eve.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
December 03, 2016 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

First free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
December 22, 2016 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF04

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
May 01, 2017 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF07

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
January 11, 2018 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 05, 2018 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

First powered test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF02

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
May 29, 2018 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VP-03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
December 13, 2018 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Powered test flight of VSS Unity. Reached outer space for the first time according to the US definition of the space border.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF09

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 25, 2020 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Success

Mission:

Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Suborbital

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Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.

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