Virgin Galactic has released a series of photos showing its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft being assembled in Mojave, Calif. The photo above shows the vehicle’s main fuselage. Rollout is set for July 28.
Alan Boyle of Cosmic Log takes a look at efforts by PlanetSpace to get its spaceplane to make the giant leap from PowerPoint slides to suborbital space. One positive sign: the American-Canadian venture is partnering with U.S. aerospace/defense giants Lockheed Martin and ATK.
Boyle also provides updates on SpaceX, Spacehab, Blue Origin and other commercial rocket companies.
In other news, Russian engineers are preparing to test a rocket engine for its new Angara rocket, Flight Global reports:
“Cold flow tests of a rocket engine for the Khrunichev space centre’s new Angara booster are to take place on 15 July in preparation for hot firings later this year….
Angara is a family of rockets that uses a common core booster design. It has been considered for the European Space Agency, FSA crew space transport system spacecraft.”
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