All major structural elements have been assembled and the rocket plane is standing on its own landing gear at
Photos of the “Weight on Wheels" achievement show the craft in a hangar next to the
“We now have two spaceships which are structurally complete, with our third making good progress," CEO
Continuing work on the new ship includes connecting flight control and other integrated systems.
The company has not set a date for the start of commercial operations but has said it anticipates doing so in 2020.
It has moved more than 130 employees to
The winged rocket ships are designed to carry paying tourists to the lower fringes of space to experience weightlessness, view the Earth far below and glide to a landing on a runway.
The craft also will carry experiments that require several minutes of microgravity.
Founded by British billionaire
The fleet is being manufactured by
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