Monday, February 11, 2019

Virgin Galactic Donates Rocket Motor To Smithsonian

Virgin Galactic and its sister company, The Spaceship Company (TSC), said last week that it has donated a rocket motor to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, for the Smithsonian's efforts to create a new gallery focused on commercial space flight. The hybrid rocket motor was used on SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity last year. The rocket motor was designed and built by TSC. The 3,000 pound motor is what is used to send Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft into space. The companies said the motor combines both solid rocket motor and liquid engine technology, and weights in at approximately 3,000 pounds.

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