Virgin Galactic completes third seamless rocket powered flight

Virgin Galactic has completed its third rocketpowered flight into space in a significant step towards a future involving commercial space flights. Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson described the flight as the culmination of 15 years of hard work. It had an absolutely seamless, beautiful, elegant journey from there going from naught to 3, 000 miles and hour in eight to nine seconds, he said.