Thursday 4 August 2016

Virgin Galactic awarded operator license for SpaceShipTwo



Virgin Galactic has come a step closer to heading back into space with the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST) awarding the company an operating license for SpaceShipTwo. Coming almost two years after a midair accident that took the life of a test pilot, Virgin Galactic says that this will eventually allow it to begin commercial operations.

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