Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Aces Glide Test Flight
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
SpaceShipTwo completed an unpowered "glide flight" from California's Mojave Air and Spaceport Tuesday. The vehicle rotated its tail and wings upward during the test, "feathering" them as it would to during the descent phase of a suborbital spaceflight.