After receiving a special FAA permit for rocket-powered flights at the end of May, SpaceShipTwo has emerged from its nearly nine-month hiatus and quickly begun an aggressive flight-testing regimen along with its carrier vehicle, WhiteKnightTwo.
Little more than a month after gaining the permit, Virgin Galactic has since completed seven test flights and three full-blown rocket motor tests in what the company’s CEO and president, George Whitesides, called “a rapid escalation of test activity.”
