The dawn of the new space age is here… Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company announced yesterday the completion of the first captive carry flight for the VSS Enterprise, the first ever commercial spaceship of the SpaceShipTwo class.
The flight took place this week and took the Enterprise to the air from the Mojave Air and Spaceport. According to Virgin Galactic, the flight was a success.
The flight began with a controlled, real-world environment of the spaceships aerodynamics. I… (read more)