Virgin Galactic Space Ship Two First Powered Flight

Credit: Virgin Galactic MOJAVE, Calif. Today, Virgin Galactic, the world s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi s aabar Investments PJC, completed the first rocketpowered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Scaled) and Virgin Galactic, officially marks Virgin Galactic s entrance into the final phase of vehicle testing prior to commercial service from Spaceport A