SpaceShipTwo
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The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company o
SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity in the Virgin Galactic Final Assembly Integration Test Hangar
Full-scale mock-up of SpaceShipTwo in Virgin Galactic livery
SpaceShipTwo in a captive flight configuration underneath White Knight Two, during the runway dedication of Spaceport America in October 2010. VMS Eve is shown carrying VSS Enterprise.
The firing of SpaceShipTwo's rocket engines during its first powered flight in April 2013
The Scaled Composites Model 348 White Knight Two is a quadjet cargo aircraft that was used to lift the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft to release altitude. It was developed by Scaled Composites from 2007 to 2
SpaceShipTwo
…was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic. SpaceShipTwo was carried to its launch altitude by a Scaled Composites White Knight Two, before being released to fly on into the upper atmosphere powered by its rocket engine. It then glided back to Earth and performed a conventional…
White Knight Two flying
PW308 used on the White Knight Two
White Knight Two at its rollout and christening ceremony on July 28, 2008
Space Ship One Nose