Its capacity will be eight people - six passengers and two pilots. SpaceShipTwo is a low-aspect-ratio passenger spaceplane. The Spaceship Company licenses this technology from Mojave Aerospace Ventures, a joint venture of Paul Allen and Burt Rutan, the designer of the predecessor technology. The SpaceShipTwo project is based in part on technology developed for the first-generation SpaceShipOne, which was part of the Scaled Composites Tier One program, funded by Paul Allen. Its first flight to space (above 50 miles altitude), VSS Unity VP03, took place on 13 December 2018. The vehicle is undergoing flight testing. The second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, VSS Unity, was unveiled on 19 February 2016. One pilot, Michael Alsbury, was killed the other was treated for a serious shoulder injury after parachuting from the stricken spacecraft. A preliminary investigation suggested that the craft's descent device deployed too early. On 31 October 2014, during a test flight, the first SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke up in flight and crashed in the Mojave desert. The spaceplane could also be used to carry scientific payloads for NASA and other organizations. Virgin Galactic plans to operate a fleet of five SpaceShipTwo spaceplanes in a private passenger-carrying service and has been taking bookings for some time, with a suborbital flight carrying an updated ticket price of US$250,000. On 29 April 2013, after nearly three years of unpowered testing, the first one constructed successfully performed its first powered test flight. The spaceship was officially unveiled to the public on 7 December 2009 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. It then glides back to Earth and performs a conventional runway landing. SpaceShipTwo is 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 is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic. In addition, this Marvel collectible set specially features Cosmo the spacedog in one-sixth scale with hyper-realistic paint works to complete your collection with attitude.The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo ( SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. 3, the movie-accurate figure features a finely sculpted head with fur detail, navy-blue combat suit with emblem on chest, weapons and accessories such as heavy blaster and pistols, key card, and dynamic figure stand for aerial poses. And be sure to meet the new friend Cosmo the spacedog in collectible form, it’s just so adorable and good!īeautifully crafted based on Rocket’s appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Inspired by the remarkably fun gang, Hot Toys is bringing forth the sixth scale Rocket collectible figure from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Get ready for one last ride! The Guardians of Galaxy are traveling together across the galaxy in the new blockbuster to save the universe once again, and with that, audiences will finally be learning the mystery behind Rocket, our favorite talking raccoon. “Someday, I’m going to make great machines that fly….” – Rocket
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