SpaceShipTwo Tests Re-entry System On Second Powered Flight
LOS ANGELES — Powered flight tests of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital spaceplane resumed on Sept. 5 with a supersonic sortie over Mojave, Calif., that included the use of the tail-plane feathering re-entry system. The flight, conducted by test pilots Mark Stucky and Clint Nichols...
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