Friday, April 12, 2013

Oxidizer shoots out from SpaceShipTwo's rocket nozzle during another glide test above California's Mojave Desert on April 12, 2013.
MarsScientific.com

Photos of the Day... Contrary to what I said in this previous post, it appears that SpaceShipTwo will be undergoing her first powered flight much sooner than the end of this year. Awesome!

Nitrous oxide is loaded into SpaceShipTwo the night before another glide test is conducted above California's Mojave Desert, on April 12, 2013.
Virgin Galactic / Mark Greenberg

With SpaceShipTwo attached beneath her, White Knight II takes off for another glide test above California's Mojave Desert on April 12, 2013.
Virgin Galactic

Photographed from afar, oxidizer shoots out from SpaceShipTwo's rocket nozzle after she is released from White Knight II for another glide test on April 12, 2013.
Scaled Composites / Michael Fuchs
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