A young woman photographs SpaceShipTwo resting on the Mojave Air & Space Port runway after a successful landing Saturday morning. Employees of Scaled Composites and The Spaceship Company as well as local residents were on hand to watch the spaceship’s launch from WhiteKnightTwo. (Credit: Bill Deaver)
| Flight: | WK2 93/SS GF22 | ||||
| Date: | 11 Aug 12 | Location: | Mojave Air and Space Port | ||
| W2 Flight Time: | 1.5 hr. | SS2 Flight Time: | 8 min, 2 sec | ||
| WK2 Pilot: | Siebold | WK2 CoPilot: | Kalogiannis | WK2 FTE: | Inks |
| SS2 Pilot: | Stucky | SS2 CoPilot: | Binnie | ||
| GS Crew: | MacKay, Jaster, Bozarth, Verderame, Cassebeer, M. Fuchs, Bourgeois, Glaser, Tighe, Basset | ||||
SS2 Objectives:
Maximum glide flight mach and airspeed envelope expansion
Horizontal tail load expansion
SS2 Results:
All objectives achieved. With this latest round of six flights we have cleared the full glide-flight envelope for airspeed, angle-of-attack, CG, and structural loads!
WK2 Objectives:
SS2 release mission
Pilot proficiency
WK2 Results:
All objectives achieved.
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