Supersonic flight brings Virgin Galactic closer to space tourism
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 00:30
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, the company's SpaceShipTwo ignites its rocket motor in mid-flight. Virgin Galactic now hopes to make its first passenger trip to space in 2014.With a sonic boom that resounded above the Mojave Desert, a rocket plane belonging to British billionaire Richard Branson's commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space.