Virgin Galactic on Saturday completed its first rocket-powered flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Virgin Galactic on Saturday completed its first rocket-powered flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico.
The flight was the first from Virgin Galactic’s new headquarters at the futuristic desert outpost but it wasn’t immediately clear from information released by the space tourism company whether the hour-long test flight actually reached space as planned.
A Virgin Galactic representative did not immediately respond to an emailed request for clarification.
The spaceship was crewed by two pilots. There was payload belonging to NASA onboard…
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