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[i]Greetings from Mojave Air and Space Port! Our team is prepping for a SpaceShipTwo flight test today. Today SpaceShipTwo is loaded with water ballast to shift the center of gravity rearward to replicate rocket-powered flight! When SpaceShipTwo flies to space the center of gravity changes as fuel is consumed. By dumping water ballast, we can test that shift. Take off! Today is ninth flight for VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo, 230th for WhiteKnightTwo. VSS Unity has just been released from WhiteKnightTwo to glide home. Fifth glide flight test for SpaceShipTwo. As planned, our pilots have dumped the water ballast. Another smooth landing for VSS Unity. In SpaceShipTwo: pilots Dave Mackay and CJ Sturckow.[/i]
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