Private spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic, has revealed the progress it has made in the construction of a new spacecraft designed to replace the one destroyed in a crash last year.
Six months ago the VSS Enterprise crashed during an in-atmosphere test of its rocket motor, killing one pilot and severely injuring the other. While many thought the accident spelled the end of Virgin Galactic’s hopes of producing a commercially viable system, the company’s owner, Sir Richard Branson, vowed to press on in the wake of…
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