SS2 Glide Tests Exceed Expected Progress

By Guy Norris
Los Angeles

Scaled Composites hopes to achieve one additional glide test of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) by year-end and says that even if bad weather prevents the attempt, the program is already ahead of schedule following a trouble-free initial unpowered flight on Oct. 10.

“Testing has been going quite a bit better than we’d originally hoped, and we’ve been able to make glide flights ...

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