Virgin Galactic's Tourist Spaceship Makes Longest Test Flight

摘要

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipT-wo soared through its longest flight yet April 22 during a drop test over California's Mojave Desert.The suborbital spacecraft maneuvered through the skies over the Mojave Air and Space Port during the milestone test. The Mojave-based aerospace company Scaled Composites is overseeing construction and flight testing of SpaceShipTwo and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier plane for Virgin Galactic.