This morning, space tourism venture Virgin Galactic successfully flew its spaceplane during another powered flight test over the Mojave desert — sending the vehicle to its highest altitude yet. It marks the third time the vehicle, the VSS Unity, has ignited its engine during flight. It’s another successful test among the many that Virgin Galactic plans to do before people start flying for the first time.
The last time the VSS Unity took the skies was in May, when it performed its second powered flight from Virgin Galactic’s base at the Mojave Air and Space Port. After a 31-second burn, that trip sent the spaceplane to an altitude of 22 miles above the surface, at a speed of Mach 1.9, or twice the speed of sound. But today’s test flight...
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