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Article: VIRGIN GALACTIC DENIES REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH SPACE TOURISM PROJECT
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- January 9, 2009
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London, Jan. 09 -- (ANI): Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company has denied claims that one of the craft in its space tourism project is suffering difficulties with its rudder.
Branson had unveiled the Virgin Galactic White Knight 2 craft to carry space tourists in California in July last year.
According to a report in the Telegraph, Flight International has reported that White Knight Two, the mother ship, ran into trouble when making a series of ariel maneuvers.
White Knight Two is being used to carry SpaceShipTwo, the rocket which will take passengers into space.
The journal cited an unnamed source as providing the ...