Virgin Galactic to launch SpaceShipTwo


CNN: The new spaceship, used for recreational spacetravel, is to be unveiled today at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

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In a press release Thursday, the company called the new craft by the same name as the one that crashed: SpaceShipTwo. And Virgin Galactic said that because of that crash, much more testing will be done before SpaceShipTwo takes a solo flight:

‘If you are expecting SpaceShipTwo to blast off and head straight to space on the day we unveil her, let us disillusion you now: this will be a ground-based celebration,’ according to the press release.

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