'The vehicle deployed its main landing gear and carried its own weight for the first time,' the company says in a statement.
"In this milestone, all major structural elements of the vehicle were assembled, and the vehicle deployed its main landing gear and carried its own weight for the first time," the company said in a statement.
This photo released by Virgin Galactic Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, shows Virgin Galactic's next passenger spaceship, at right, standing next to the Virgin Space Ship Unity spacecraft that has already been to space, in a hangar at the company's Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, Calif.The new spaceship is the second commercial spacecraft produced by Virgin Galactic. The first, VSS Unity, is currently in flight tests. Construction of a third spacecraft is approximately 50% complete.
This photo released by Virgin Galactic Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, shows Virgin Galactic's next passenger spaceship standing on its landing gear in a hangar at the company's Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, Calif.In October, the company revealed the first spacesuits"for the masses," made in partnership with Under Armour.
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