SpaceShipTwo's Wings Feathered

摘要

Technicians at Scaled Composites have feathered the tail structure of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane as its assembly continues at the company's facility in Mojave, Calif.rnLike its Ansari X-prize-winning prototype, the commercial launch vehicle will fly to space from its White-KnightTwo carrier aircraftrnwith its wings fully parallel to the fuselage, and then feather the tail to about 65 deg.