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When Virgin Galactic sends its SpaceShipTwo spaceliner on a test flight, it's a pretty safe bet to expect a polished video recap of the mission. But here's something different: an uncut video of ...
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane has officially made its first successful test flight out of Spaceport America, its base in New Mexico.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity completed its first free flight test at the hands of Mark Stucky and Todd Ericsson alongside flight-test engineer Dustin Mosher.
SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity has safely and successfully completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight. After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone ...
Today’s flight test was what we called a ‘captive carry’ flight, during which VSS Unity remained mated to our WhiteKnightTwo mothership (VMS Eve) for the entire flight from takeoff to landing.
Virgin Galactic conducted the second powered flight test of its spaceplane, the VSS Unity, over the Mojave Desert just 54 days after the company ignited the vehicle’s engine for the first time ...
The May 22 VSS Unity flight will be crewed by two pilots and will reportedly carry research payloads as part of the NASA Flight Opportunities program. Virgin Galactic states that a key objective ...