12/1/2023 0 Comments Liftoff simulator wing![]() The company’s spaceplane SpaceShipTwo will be carried by the mothership WhiteKnightTwo, a custom-built plane, to about 50,000 feet before it separates. The initial target was 9 a.m., but the company said overnight weather delayed the start of flight preparations. ET Sunday to take off from New Mexico’s Spaceport America. Virgin Galactic targeted after 10:30 a.m. (Matt Hartman via AP) (Matthew C Hartman) Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Unity, tucked under the wing of its special carrier aircraft, headed east from Southern California on a long-awaited ferry flight to its new home in New Mexico where it will be prepared for commercial operations carrying tourists on hops into space, the company said. for the final time as Virgin Galactic shifts its SpaceFlight operations to New Mexico. 13, 2020 file photo, Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity departs Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, Calif.
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