Virgin Galactic is nearing in on commercial spaceflight with the completion of its latest test of SpaceShuttleTwo. The reusable ship, which will eventually be used to ferry around passengers, took its second rocket-powered flight this morning over Mojave, California. Virgin founder Richard Branson says that the craft flew higher and faster than it ever has before — up to 69,000 feet in the air. This run was also apparently a crucial measure of the shuttle's unique "feathering" reentry system, which it tested today for the first time.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4698978/richard-branson-spaceshuttletwo-second-rocket-powered-flight-complete
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