Monday, July 28, 2008

WhiteKnightTwo Officially Unveiled


As promised, Virgin Galactic unveiled WhiteKnightTwo this morning at the Mojave Spaceport in California. This four-engined plastic mother ship is destined to carry SpaceShipTwo and the hopes of commercial space tourism up to edges of our atmosphere. First flight planned for September. Stay tuned for more details and pictures.





[Images courtesy of Space.com / Virgin Galactic and Hyperbola]

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I take it they've done their sums right for engine out on take off?