Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, the reusable rocket-powered space plane carrying the company’s first crew of tourists to space, has successfully launched and landed. Aboard the spacecraft were six individuals in total, including three private passengers. Following liftoff, Virgin Galactic’s carrier plane, VMS Eve, transported VSS Unity to an altitude of about 44,300ft. Eve then dropped Unity, which fired its own rocket motor and ascended to suborbital space
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/10/vigin-galactic-space-flight-vss-unity-landing
About Author
More Stories
Quitting smoking may be easier with a smartwatch app, researchers say
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
‘Godfather’ of artificial intelligence has a surprising blindspot | Letters