Virgin Galactic Targets Late May Return To Suborbit

The upcoming Unity spaceflight follows a successful glide test over New Mexico on April 26.

Credit: Virgin Galactic
COLORADO SPRINGS—Virgin Galactic plans to return to space later this month with a fully crewed test flight of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico prior to the start of commercial flights toward the end of June. The Unity 25 mission will mark the...
Guy Norris

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

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