SpaceShipTwo glide May 1
SapceShipTwo glides to a landing at the Mojave Air and Space Port May 1 after testing its feather system.

Virgin Galactic said May 1 it successfully tested the system on its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle that permits a safe reentry on the vehicle’s latest unpowered test flight.

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