Comments on: Virgin continues progress towards first powered SpaceShipTwo flight http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: SpaceShipTwo another step closer to powered flight « NewSpace Journal http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-806057 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:29:53 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1960#comment-806057 […] there may be just one more glide test before SpaceShipTwo ignites its rocket motor in flight. Virgin has also been publicizing a series of static fire tests of the rocket motor, the most recent of which took place on March 30, according to its test logs. […]

]]> By: Call Me Ishmael http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-795030 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:26:32 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1960#comment-795030 I should have added that it was Newspace Watch that directed me to the Facebook entry.

]]> By: Jeff Foust http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-794943 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:01:50 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1960#comment-794943 Thank you, Ishmael.

]]> By: Call Me Ishmael http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-794936 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:52:13 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1960#comment-794936

The company didn’t provide any additional information about the test, including even when exactly it took place.

The Facebook caption says “This photo from last Friday …”.

]]> By: Chris Jefferies http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/03/14/virgin-continues-progress-towards-first-powered-spaceshiptwo-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-794751 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:22:52 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=1960#comment-794751 Exciting times, hopefully the first powered flight will take place soon and we can expect to see SpaceShipTwo working towards hops into space. Any idea why there has been such a long delay? Have they had problems with the rocket?

I imagine the original intention would have been to get the rocket ready in parallel with the glide test program.

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