Virgin Galactic Test Flight Reaches Space From New Mexico
- First successful test in over two years for Branson’s company
- Virgin hopes to have commercial space service before long
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Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. flew a test flight to space for the first time in more than two years, a critical step in its path toward commercial service following a series of issues that have beset the company.
The VSS Unity test flight from New Mexico on Saturday helps put the company back on its stated schedule of flying company founder Richard Branson to suborbital space as early as this summer, and resuming ticket sales.