27+ Virgin Galactic Space Test Flight Pics. Virgin galactic announced an update following its recent test flight on december 12, 2020. Watch highlights from the mission and spaceport america, right.
Virgin Galactic's Branson soars to space aboard rocket ... from static.straitstimes.com.sg Virgin galactic founder sir richard branson posing in his flight suit credit: Virgin galactic is an american spaceflight company within the virgin group. Washington — virgin galactic says it is delaying the next test flight of its spaceshiptwo suborbital vehicle by more than two months to address technical issues, part of a revamped flight test program that will postpone flights of space tourists to 2022.
The mission was the 22nd flight test for the unity and the company's fourth crewed spaceflight.
After 17 years of research, engineering and innovation, virgin galactic stands at the vanguard of a new. However, in 2020 the company moved unity and its carrier craft to its permanent home at spaceport america, where it plans to fly regular passenger flights beginning in. The company launched barbs at its competition shortly before its test, implying that virgin galactic's plane is not actually a spaceship and saying that new shepard offers a better experience to customers. The test flight will give virgin galactic an opportunity to evaluate the interior space of the cabin where customers will be seated and to check fight controls during boost.
