Next SpaceShipTwo Flight Delayed Due To Suspect Component

Irene Klotz September 13, 2021
SpaceShipTwo
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic’s next flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity suborbital passenger ship will be delayed while the company investigates a potential issue with a supplier-provided component for the flight control actuation system. Virgin Galactic ordered additional inspections after the unidentified vendor...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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