Virgin Galactic Completes ‘Unity’ Glide Flight

Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic completed the first glide flight of the updated SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico on April 26, paving the way for a return to rocket-powered flights and the start of commercial suborbital flights by midyear. The glide flight, which lasted 9 min...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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