The First Crewed Flight of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
Department:
Privatizing Spaceflight
Teaser:
The story includes a video of the flight.
Source:
Universe Today Download time: Jul 19 2010 9:24 AM ET
For the first time, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, named the Enterprise, flew with crew on board. While it stayed attached to the "Eve" mothership for the duration of the July 15 flight, Scaled Composites – the builders of the spacecraft – called the flight a "significant milestone as the team marches towards the first solo flights." Numerous combined vehicle systems tests were conducted, as two crew members on board VSS Enterprise evaluated all of the spaceship's systems and functions from end to end in the air, and all objectives were achieved.…
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