Virgin Galactic 'Enterprise' completes glide test

摘要

The suborbital commercial tourist spaceship VSS (Virgin Spaceship) Enterprise-also known as Space-ShipTwo-owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company completed its first unpowered glide test October 10.The spacecraft was released from its launch aircraft,WhiteKnightTwo-also known as Eve-at 45,000 feet and spent 11 minutes testing systems (including the release mechanism), making a practice approach at a high altitude, and landing at Mojave Air and Space Port, California. A happy face is printed on the bottom of the mother ship, wishing the rocket pilots a nice day.