SpaceShipTwo Completes 1st Powered Test Flight
Credit: Virgin Galactic
CAPE CANAVERAL—Virgin Galactic completed the first powered test flight of VSS Unity, a six-passenger, two-pilot reusable suborbital spaceship, soaring over California’s Mojave Desert at nearly Mach 1.9 before touching down at the Mojave Air and Space Port on April 5. The test run by pilots Mark...
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