Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years Thursday, the company said, after an «enhancement period» to make safety upgrades to its fleet.
Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years Thursday, the company said, after an «enhancement period» to make safety upgrades to its fleet.
It was the fifth time the space tourism company brushed the boundary of space, and has been billed as the final test before commercial operations can begin in late June, with members of the Italian Air Force as the first paying customers.
«Touchdown, VSS Unity!» the company tweeted, referring to the name of the company’s spaceplane. «Our crew and spaceship are back on Earth after landing smoothly at Spaceport America, New Mexico.
