The astronaut passenger list of Spaceship Two from Virgin Galactic is still a secret. Yet a few names are known. This is the most comprehensable list on the internet. As the first launch date nears I hipe to add more names.

1. Who will travel with Spaceship Two from Virgin Galactic into
suborbital space ? Some secrets of the astronaut passenger
list revealed…
Picture: spaceship one - creative commens wikimedia
Latest Update: November, 2, 2016
See Slide 20
Craig J Horsley (USA) added

2. Introduction
• The passenger list is a secret. Yet a few names are known (see References). This is the most
comprehensive list on the internet and I hope I will be able to complete it over the next
couple of months. If you come across any passengers names or corrections please send an
email to petepalme@gmail.com or leave a note in the comment section of this slideshare.
• Join the Spaceship group on Linkedin with over 1500 members - where spaceship travelers
and people from the spaceship industry meet:
• http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1797307&trk=anetsrch_join&gob
ack=%2Egdr_1234293976205_1
• Or read (free): The Spaceship Weekly
Blog: Spaceship Travel
• Note: This is work in progress and no guarantee that all the information in this presentation is
correct

3. The Test / Commercial Pilots
• David Mackay (Scotland): will be the captain on the first official flight
Interview and Picture
• Brian Binnie (Scotland): Test Pilot at Scaled Composites – the manufacturer of
Spaceship Two
Article and Picture
• Keith Colmer (USA): future commercial pilot so called astronaut pilot
Article and Picture
• Pete Siebold #Ref
• Mike Alsbury #Ref
• Rob Bendall (Canada) #Ref

4. Co-Pilots
• Nicki Lauda (Austria)
• 16 Flights to carry all 100 Founders (the first 100 who paid full deposit of 200 000
USD for their ticket) in a period of 8 months. This means 4 of the founders act as
copilots otherwise a minimum of 17 flights would be required. Reference: Virgin
Galactic announces its first 100 space tourists

5. The First Flight
• Sir Richard Branson #Ref
• Sam Branson #Ref
• Holly Branson #Ref
• Anousheh Ansari
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• Chief Pilot: David Mackay
• Co-Pilot: Keith Colmer

6. Whiteknight carrying Spacehip Two – creative commons – Jeff Foust

7. The Founder Flights (1-100)
the first 100 who paid full deposit of 200 000 USD for their ticket
1) Ken Baxter (USA): Real Estate Marketing Executive
Travel Agent: Sir Richard Branson
2) Victoria Principal (USA): Actress
3) Bryan Singer (USA): Hollywood Director
4) Princess Beatrice of York (UK)
5) Ibrahim Sharaf (UAE – United Arab Emirates): Sharaf Group President
6)
Chief Pilot: David Mackay
Co-pilot: Sir Richard Branson

8. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Sigourney Weaver (USA): Actress
__) Loretta Hildago Whitesides (USA): Director of US Operations, Space
Generation Advisory Council
__) George Whitesides (USA): Executive Director at National Space Society
__) Matthew D. Upchurch (USA): Virtuoso CEO Travel Agency:Virtuoso
__) Alan Walton (USA)
__) Stephen Hawking (UK)
Chief Pilot: David Mackay
Co-pilot: Keith Colmer

9. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Matthew Pritzker (USA): Owner of Venture capital firm
__) Lina Borozdina-Birch (USA): Chemist
__) Dr. Alan Finkel (Australia): Chairman of Luna Media Pty Ltd and Cosmos
Science Magazine Editor
__) Wilson da Silva (Australia): COSMOS Science Magazine Editor
__) Glenys Ambe (Australia): Fashion Retailer
__) Jackie Maw (New Zealand): Realestate Agent
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

10. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Igor Kutsenko (Russia): Owner Advertising Agency
__) Sergei Tyaglov (Russia): Owner Advertising Agency
__) Craig Burkinshaw (UK): Audley Travel Boss
__) Alan Watts (UK): Managing Director GE – the first one to trade inh is 2
Million Virgin Flyer miles to fly into space
__) Trevor Beattie (UK): Advertising
__) Bill Cullen (Ireland): Reality TV Show host #Ref
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

11. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) John Taylor #Ref
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

12. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Rubens Barrichello (Brazil): Formula 1 Pilot
__) Xavier Grabiel (Spain): Lottery Vendor
__) Sonja Rohde (Germany): Entrepreneur
__) Peter Ulrich von May (Switzerland): Asset Manager #Ref
__) Noriaki Inami (Japan): Systems Engineer
__) Santosh Kulangara (India): MD of Labour India Group
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

13. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Namira Salim (Pakistan): Artist and Humanitarian #Ref
__) Doug Ramsburg (USA): Ticket winner of a space flight with Virgin Galactic
__) Philippe Stark (France): Designer – in exchange for work
__) Maureen Gannon (USA): #Ref
__) PJ King (Ireland): President PJ King Investments
93) Richard Laronde (USA): owner of an event planning business #Ref
Travel Agency: ASA in New York
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

14. The Founder Flights (1-100)
__) Tim Higgins (Ireland): Irish Psychics Live Boss
__) Mark Rocket (New Zealand): Avatar Ltd
__) Jens Kyllönen (Finland): Poker Player #Ref
__) Edwin Sahakian (Armenia)
__) Sarah Brightman (UK): Singer #Ref
__) Jann Bytheway #Ref
Pilot:
Co-pilot:

15. Resources
• Showing some of the founders after the training at NASTAR. Video
• One of the founders in the centrifuge training. #Ref
• More faces of the founder astronauts. #Ref
• A picture of about 35 plus founders in front of Whiteknightone
and below in Sweden 24 founders in the snow #Ref
• Do Virgin Galactic future astronaut believe in UFOs ? See Video and more
questions that were asked #Ref
• Another Pictue of the future astronauts #Ref

16. Spaceship One landing at Mojave Spaceport– creative commons – lkluft

17. The Pioneer Flights (101-500)
passengers who deposited at least 100 000 USD
128) Edward Roski Jr (USA): Real Estate Developer
Travel Agent: Crack Buck – San Diego
144) Yanik Silver (USA): Founder Maverick Business Adventures #Ref
161) Diana Cloud (USA): #Ref
182) Grant Roberts (Scotland): Entrepreneur #Ref
187-192) The Lupton Family see next slide
195) Bob Kulick (USA): owner of pizza chain #Ref
205) Richard Burr (UK): property developer #Ref
329) Marcia Fiamego: COO The Federations of Galaxy Explorers #Ref
499) Shervin Pishevar (USA): childhood friend of Ashton Kutcher #Ref
500) Ashton Kutcher (USA): Actor #Ref

18. The Pioneer Flights (101-500)
187) James Lupton (financier)
188) Béatrice Lupton (teacher)
189) Belle Lupton (TV presenter / producer)
190) Tor Lupton (theatre / art production)
191) Milla Lupton (teacher)
192) Sam Lupton (student)
Pilot:
Co-pilot:
NEW: September, 16
2013
A whole Family
together in Space

19. The Pioneer Flights (101-500)
passengers who deposited at least 100 000 USD
__) Paris Hilton (USA)
__) Tom Hanks (USA): Actor
__) Angelina Jolie (Canada): Actress
__) Brad Pitt (USA): Actor
__) Michael Schumacher (Germany): Formular 1 Pilot #Ref
__) Marc Hagle (USA): CEP Tricor International #Ref
__) Sharon Hagle (USA) #Ref
__) Vesa Heilala (Finland): #Ref
__) Piers Linney (UK): CEO Outsourcery #Ref
__) NASA #Ref : Booked three flights on Spaceship 2 SS2 #Ref
__) Tom Cruise #Ref
__) Justin Bieber #Ref
__) Scooter Braun (Manager of Justin Bieber) #Ref
__) Katy Parry (USA), #Ref

20. The Voyager Flights (501-)
passengers who deposited 10 % of the ticket prize = 20 000 USD
__) John Criswick (Canada): CEO Magmic Games Picture
__) Franz Kaiser (Switzerland): Travel Agency: Deluxetargets
__) Per Wimmer (Denmark):Investment Bank Owner Picture
__) Parents of Igor Kutsenko (Russia)
__) Timur Artemyev and his wife (Russia)
552) Scott Borden (USA): Space Agent at Virgin Galactic
Travel agency: www.spaceagent.us
610) James Clash (USA): Adventurer and Journalist #Ref
__) Ann Klefbom (Sweden) #Ref
__) Kate Winslet (UK): Actress #Ref Recieved ticket as a gift for saving Richard Branson’s mother from a house fire in
2011
__) Sara Ainslie Picture
__) Alan Stern Picture
__) Leonardo DiCaprio, Reference
__) Vasily Klyukin together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Reference
599) Craig J Horsley (USA), Accountant, New York, Ticket bought June 2014
600) Marsha Waters (UK) Reference (In total 98 women of 600 Astronauts)
__) Sandro Salsano Reference email
__) Cameron Winklevoss Reference (ticket paid with bitcoin (digital currency))
__) Tyler Winklevoss Reference (ticket paid with bitcoin (digital currency))
__) Lady Gaga Reference (will perform one song in space)

21. Whiteknight– creative commons – D. Miller

22. Who were the first space tourists ?
• 1990 Toyohiro Akiyama (Japan) #Ref
• 1991 Dr. Helen Sharman (UK) #Ref
• 2001 Denis Tito (USA) #Ref
• 2002 Mark Shuttleworth (South Africa) #Ref
• 2005 Greg Olsen (USA) #Ref
• 2006 Anousheh Ansari (Iran) #Ref
• 2007 Charles Simonyi (USA) #Ref
• 2008 Richard Garriot (USA) #Ref
• 2009 Guy Laliberté (Canada) #Ref
• 2009 Charles Simonyi (USA) #Ref

23. References
• http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-05-07-space-tourist_N.htm
• http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/panorama/destination_weltall_1.1926213.html
• http://www.markrocket.com/
• http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080623/111778580.html
• http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/10/28/paris-hilton-signs-up-for-virgin-galactics-first-sub-orbital-space-flight/
• http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/177889,branson-unveils-spaceship-two-design.html
• http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/20/europe/EU_GEN_Spain_Lucky_Stars.php
• http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14927623.html
• http://femalesoldiers.greyfalcon.us/Space.htm
• http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IK02Df03.html
• http://spaceagent.us/blog.html/14
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• http://first-irish-astronaut.net/article.aspx?more=1
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• http://www.space.com/news/060828_spaceshiptwo_next.html

24. References
• http://www.skycontrol.net/airlines/sparks-fly-as-virgin-atlantic-announces-worlds-first-frequent-flyer-astronaut
• http://www.nastarcenter.com/news/view.php?volume=2&issue=3&article=96
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• http://www.chicagospace.org/ISDC2006.html
• http://first-irish-astronaut.net/news.aspx?uid=89691a6b-a250-4151-80c4-1e857d7f56b9
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/4263789a11.html
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3322683/Science-Richard-Bransons-race-for-
space-tourists.html
• http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/media/90/cosmos-founders-be-australias-first-space-tourists
• http://www.studentshangout.com/index.php?s=99b184bf40cc777570867429e07d2d94&showtopic=27783&pid=
190017&st=0&#entry190017
• http://spaceagent.us/blog.html?pg=5&cnt=5&t=a
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space-86908-21029675/
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15921347/
• http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=A10269_0_1_a2006111_M
• http://www.parabolicarc.com/2009/04/27/virgin-galactic-aims-sell-50000-space-tourism-seats-10-years

25. References
• http://www.parabolicarc.com/2009/04/27/virgin-galactic-aims-sell-50000-space-tourism-seats-10-years/</a>Â
• http://www.parabolicarc.com/2009/04/26/branson-signs-up-formula-1-racers-for-space-tourist-flights/
• http://jv.gilead.org.il/forum/2008/01/0071.html
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