For quite a few months, we know that in Virgin Galactic are working around the clock to get to be the first company to offer those baptized as spaceflight or space tourism to wealthy customers who can afford the huge amount of money requested for a passage. After all this time of waiting and having to pass by some that other failures finally the VSS Unity is released without any failure.
The first flight of test made by the VSS Unity took place the Saturday. During this flight them responsible of the development of the ship could test how planned to and above all its Protocol of landing. For this, the VSS Unity had to be launched from the WhiteKnightTwo aircraft and, after ten minutes gliding gently through the air, could finally landed without any problem in the ‘Mojave Air and Space Port‘.
The Unity of Virgin Galactic VSS carried out its first test flight and landing without mishap.
Basically, as reviewed Mark Stucky, test pilot who was aboard the VSS unity, the idea of this test is the collect all possible information about different areas. Especially were very interested in themes related with tests of resistance and manageability of the ship by what, as already is has confirmed, in next weeks will arrive more tests of plan that is Iran doing public to reassure to possible customers, especially if have in has the accident happened with the SpaceShipTwo.
As detail end, so only comment you that there are registered ones 700 people that seek live that experience that them approaches a little more to the space without arriving to exit of the balloon globe. Each one of the passages is valued at approximately $ 250,000 so it is not surprising that since Virgin Galactic want all potential clients aware of its tests.
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