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NASA-supported Tech aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo   Washington, D.C. – Successful space and suborbital technology developments require ingenuity, understanding of mission and science needs, and testing. For many technologies matured with support from NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, the ability to undergo testing multiple times – and often on different types of commercial flight vehicles – adds the necessary rigor and refinement to advance these innovations. Evolved versions of two NASA-supported technologies that have flown previously through Flight Opportunities will ...

[1], the ability to undergo testing multiple times – and often on different types of commercial flight vehicles [2] – adds the necessary rigor and refinement to advance these innovations. Evolved versions of two NASA-supported technologies that have flown previously through Flight Opportunities will be put to the test on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo. Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time in Ten Weeks with Three on Board Taking off for the first time from New Mexico’s Spaceport America and expected to reach an altitude of more than 50 miles (80 kilometers), the rocket-powered s...