The VSS
Enterprise was unveiled last December, and today flew
for the first time out of Mojave Spaceport in California, as
captured in the image above. "VSS Enterprise remained attached to its
unique WhiteKnightTwo
carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, for the
duration of the 2 hours 54 minutes flight, achieving an altitude of
45,000ft (13716 metres)." Both crafts are developed for Sir
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic by Burt
Rutan and team at Mojave-based Scaled Composites.
The VSS Enterprise test flights will continue through 2011, progressing from "captive carry"(that's what today's experiment was), to "independent glide," and then fully powered flight, before commercial operations begin.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Virgin flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Enterprise: Photo Gallery - Boing Boing
Author: Xeni
Jardin
