After four captive carry flights attached to its mother ship Eve/cite>, SpaceShipTwo was released for the first time yesterday. After being released at 45,000 feet, Scaled Composites test pilot Pete Siebold performed several flight quality tests during the 11-minute flight before touching down on runway 30 at the Mojave Air and Space [...]
Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/video-virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-glide-flight/
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