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SpaceShipTwo’s Third Powered Flight (Video)

Monday, January 13, 2014 13:35
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Virgin Galactic has successfully completed the third rocket-powered supersonic flight of its passenger carrying reusable space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). In command on the flight deck of SS2 for the first time under rocket power was Virgin Galactic’s Chief Pilot Dave Mackay. Mackay, along with Scaled Composites’ (Scaled) Test Pilot Mark Stucky, tested the spaceship’s Reaction Control System (RCS) and the newly installed thermal protection coating on the vehicle’s tail booms. All of the test objectives were successfully completed.



Source: http://moonandback.com/2014/01/13/spaceshiptwos-third-powered-flight-video/

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