SpaceShipTwo’s First Powered Test Flight Since Move to New Mexico Fizzles Out

SpaceShipTwo’s First Powered Test Flight Since Move to New Mexico Fizzles Out
By Alan Boyle

Virgin Galactic lit up SpaceShipTwo’s rocket motor for the first time in the skies over New Mexico today, but only for an instant before the engine shut down and the plane glided back to a safe landing at Spaceport America. The flight test team had hoped that the SpaceShipTwo craft known as VSS Unity might …

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December 13, 2020 at 03:26AM
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