SpaceShipTwo aims to reach space again0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 21, 2019
Virgin Galactic plans to conduct a fifth test flight Feb. 20 of its suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo.
Virgin Galactic plans to conduct a fifth test flight Feb. 20 of its suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo.
The spaceplane reached an altitude of 51.4 miles.
VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, near the apogee of its third powered flight July 26. Credit: Virgin Galactic
The spacecraft nailed its first unpowered glide since a fatal accident in 2014