Virgin Galactic’s third supersonic test flight hits Mach 2.4 and 170,000 feet
Virgin Galactic is celebrating the third successful supersonic test flight of VSS Unity, the passenger spacecraft it intends to make available for space tourism in the near future.
This flight took the craft higher and faster than ever, stressing the system and providing useful data for the rocket plane’s engineers.
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