Virgin Galactic's carrier plane, the VMS Eve, is seen during preflight preparations for the first powered test flight of the VSS Unity space plane at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California on April 5, 2018. The test flight did not aim to reach space.
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Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo, the VSS Unity, performed its first rocket-powered test flight over California's Mojave Desert on April 5, 2018. The test flight did not aim to reach space.
Credit: Virgin Galactic/www.MarsScientific.com & Trumbull Studios
Wow! They kept the feathered system. I wondered if they might not change that to something (and I would not know nor hazard a guess) that is fixed but performs the same function.