SpaceShipTwo

Company: Virgin Galactic

SpaceShipTwo (SS2), an air-launched suborbital spaceplane is produced by Virgin Galactic-owned The Spaceship Company, a business with headquarters in California.A Scaled Composites White Knight Two hoists SpaceShip Two to its launch altitude from whence it is propelled by its rocket engine into the upper stratosphere. After that, it glides back to Earth and lands on a typical runway.On December 7, 2009, the spacecraft was formally presented to the public at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.Following nearly three years of unpowered testing, the first one built successfully completed its maiden powered test flight on April 29, 2013.