Virgin Galactic conducted another test of the spacecraft

This is already the sixth test

U.S. Virgin Galactic has already conducted six flight tests of the spaceship VSS Unity

For the first time during the flight used the main tank, which was filled with nitrous oxide.

The ship VSS Unity first went with dvuhfyuzelyazhny carrier aircraft VMS Eve, and then made a gliding flight, which tested the functions of jet engine and other systems.

The only missing component is a fully working jet engine of the ship was Case the nozzle-Throat-Nozzle (CTN), instead it used a ballast tank filled with 450 kg of water. Thus, VSS Unity flew with the same load, what will happen during the flight with the engine running.

“We are very pleased with what we saw today. We have collected hundreds of gigabytes of data. From the point of view of the pilots, the plane behaved really wonderful, the whole Virgin Galactic should be very proud. VSS Unity is really a large spacecraft,” said Virgin chief pilot David Mackay.

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