With a successful second powered flight, Virgin Galactic could take paying customers to space in a year
by Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times
May 29, 2018
2 minutes
Less than two months after the first rocket-powered test flight of its suborbital spaceplane, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic on Tuesday completed another test and moved closer to its goal of regular tourist flights into space.
A four-engine craft with twin booms lifted off
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