Second rocket powered flight completed by Virgin Galactic

May 29, 2018 Flights Comments are off for this post Image by Virgin Galactic Less than two months ago Virgin Galactic completed the first rocket powered flight with their spacecraft VSS Unity. A big step for Richard Branson’s space tourism company. Today they took to the skies again and completed their second rocket powered test flight. Overall, it was the 13th flight test for the

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Virgin Galactic performs first rocket powered flight

April 5, 2018 Flights Comments are off for this post Image by MarsScientific.com and Trumbull Studios Earlier today Virgin Galactic completed the first rocket powered flight with their spacecraft VSS Unity. This is huge step forward when it comes to reaching their ultimate goal of bringing customers to space. Overall, it was the 12th flight test for the spaceship VSS Unity. Back in January Richard

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