Virgin Galactic completes 1st spaceflight in over 2 years, inching closer to commercial service

Virgin Galactic s space plane completed its first spaceflight after a twoyear hiatus, inching the company ever closer to being able to enter commercial service. The Unity vehicle, with pilots Dave Mackay and CJ Sturckow behind the controls, flew to a height of 89 kilometres or more than 291, 000 feet on Saturday after taking off for the very first time from Spaceport America, N. M. The craft was carried to an altitude of 44, 000 feet by a carrier aircraft called VMS Eve, which then released the Unity. Firing its rocket engine accelerated it to more than three times the speed of sound. It performed a backflip in microgravity at the edge of space before returning through the atmosphere in a glide, landing back on the runway where it first took off. For more info, please go to Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: Like Global News on Facebook HERE: Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: Follow Global News on Instagram HE