Scaled Tests Nose Strakes On SpaceShipTwo

LOS ANGELES — Scaled Composites says flight tests of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo (SS2) modified with nose strakes indicate the devices produce “much improved longitudinal dynamics in the feather.” The strakes were tested on the 10th glide flight of SS2 following release from the White Knight...

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