Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes first glide since historic spaceflight, aims for space

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Space.com

4/28/23

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane is back in flight after two years on the ground.

 

The VSS Unity spacecraft from Virgin Galactic performed a nine-minute test glide over New Mexico's Spaceport America on Wednesday (April 26) to evaluate how well the spaceship and carrier plane VMS Eve are doing after a fleet upgrade.

"What I love about Unity is she is a delight to fly, and she's a beautiful glider, and we are able to execute a beautiful runway landing," chief pilot Dave McKay said of the flight on a video released on Twitter (opens in new tab).

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