NASA announces technology experiments to fly on SpaceShipTwo

Science and space tourism shook hands this week with NASA announcing 12 technology experiments that will fly on the SpaceShipTwo spaceplane under a charter agreement with Virgin Galactic. The payload is a mixture of government, academic, and private microgravity experiments that will form the first commercial research flight for the spacecraft... Continue Reading NASA announces technology experiments to fly on SpaceShipTwo



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Tags: NASA, Spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic



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