Hybrid Rocket Motor Nearing Installation In SpaceShipTwo

Credit: Mark Greenburg/Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic says Scaled Composites is on track to attempt the first suborbital flights of the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) space tourist vehicle in 2012 following a successful full-duration firing of the Sierra Nevada RM2 rocket motor. Recent rocket and SS2 glide tests are encouraging and point the way to...

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