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Spaceship2 Carrier Plane Loses Left Landing Gear

August 20, 2010 on 3:46 pm | In Aviation News | No Comments

(Mojave, California) Scaled, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NOC.N), experienced a “minor” accident yesterday (Thursday, August 19) when its carrier aircraft known as WhiteKnightTwo lost its left landing gear. SpaceShipTwo was not attached at that time, and it isn’t known what prompted the accident or whether the amazing plane was taking off or landing. What is know is that no one was hurt, and that Scaled is proving to the world that American ingenuity is alive and well, with no need for a government-run billion dollar space programs to transport people into space. Scaled hope to begin to do so in late 2011 or 2012.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSB68371720100820