Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 8, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Glides Through Test Run Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane soared into the air and glided back down during a test flight on Tuesday. It was the first time the craft left the ground since a similar gliding test in August.After SpaceShipTwo's release from its WhiteKnightTwo carrier plane, test pilots Pete Siebold of Scaled Composites and C.J. Sturckow of Virgin Galactic guided the craft back to California's Mojave Air and Space Port. "Today's flight brings spaceflight closer," Virgin Galactic tweeted after the landing. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted October 8, 2014 #2 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Impressive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 8, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Impressive!! Not really. It's several years behind schedule, greatly over budget and after ten years of development has yet to make a single flight into space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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