Images: SpaceShipTwo--your ticket to space
Summary: Virgin Galactic prepares to take passengers to the edge of space. This is one flight you don't want to buckle your seat belt.
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In space
After the mothership releases SpaceShipTwo at 50,000 feet, the craft will rocket to an altitude of 360,000 feet in about 90 seconds. There, its wings will "feather" or fold in preparation for re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The entire flight will take about two and a half hours.This image of SpaceShipTwo was fitted over an actual photo from SpaceShipOne taken from space.
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