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Thread: SpaceShipTwo, SpaceShip III, suborbital, air-launched spaceplanes designed for space tourism, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

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    SpaceShipTwo, SpaceShip III, suborbital, air-launched spaceplanes designed for space tourism, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA


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    SpaceShipTwo Crash - First Hand Account From Mojave

    Published on Oct 31, 2014

    Parabolic Arc managing editor Doug Messier was one of the first on the scene of crash site in California and tells Space.com's @TariqJMalik what he saw. Full Story:
    "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Test Flight: 1 Dead, 1 Injured"

    by Miriam Kramer, Space.com
    October 31, 2014

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    SpaceShipTwo Wreckage Investigated By NTSB

    Published on Nov 1, 2014

    National Transportation Safety Board investigators were at the crash site in Mojave, California on Nov. 1st, 2014. Full Coverage: http://goo.gl/OCE9v6

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    SpaceShipTwo - Catastrophic Failure Moment

    Published on Jul 28, 2015

    The NTSB has released video showing several angles of the doomed SpaceShipTwo flight, from initial separation from the White Knight carrier aircraft to the moment when the ‘feather’ was manually unlocked, too early in the flight, causing the accident. -- NTSB Investigates Wreckage

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    Virgin Galactic's new Spaceshiptwo is designed to not crash

    Published on Feb 19, 2016

    Virgin Galactic unveiled its new SpaceShipTwo, its latest shuttle designed to more safely bring tourists on sub-orbital space flights.

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    Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo vehicle

    Published on Feb 19, 2016

    Today, private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic showed off the new version of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. It’s the spaceplane the company will use to replace the old SpaceShipTwo, which crashed during a test flight in 2014. This new vehicle — called the VSS Unity — is basically identical to its predecessor, except for a few key changes meant to make it safer.

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    Elevating Unity - Episode 1: Captive Carry

    Published on Sep 9, 2016

    On September 8, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo--VSS Unity--took to the skies for the first time. This is first ever flight of a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company.

    In this video, Mike Moses--our Senior Vice President of Operations, and a NASA veteran who oversaw dozens of successful flights to space--helps explain this flight and how it fits into the context of our full testing program.

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    VSS Unity first glide flight test

    Published on Dec 4, 2016

    VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, successfully completed its first glide flight test on 3 December 2016. The flight test lasted 1 hour 20 minute, with VSS Unity in free flight for 10 minutes and achieving a maximum speed of approximately Mach 0.6 while gliding from an altitude of 15 kilometers. Both VSS Unity and the WhiteKnightTwo mothership (VMS Eve) returned safely to ground.

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    Elevating Unity - Episode 2: Glide Flight

    Published on Dec 5, 2016

    On December 3, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew freely for the first time. This important test marks the first time that a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company, has flown fully under its own control.

    In this video, Lead Test Pilot, Mark "Forger" Stucky, explains what it's like flying VSS Unity for the first time.

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    VSS Unity first powered flight

    Published on Apr 5, 2018

    VSS Unity flew beautifully, going supersonic for the first time under rocket power in Mojave, California on 5th April, 2018.

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