Virgin Galactic Gets To Root Of SpaceShipTwo Flight Test Abort

SpaceShipTwo
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has completed post-flight inspections and root cause analysis of last month’s thwarted suborbital flight test of SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the company said on Jan. 7. Virgin Galactic on Dec. 12 attempted to make its first suborbital spaceflight from its Spaceport America base in New Mexico...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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