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Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico

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From Space.com:
"Virgin Galactic has launched its first human spaceflight from its New Mexico home port.
The company's SpaceShipTwo vehicle VSS Unity conducted its third crewed test flight to suborbital space today (May 22), taking another step toward the start of commercial operations."

https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-l ... new-mexico

Finally! Congratulations to Virgin Galactic!

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From SpaceNews.com:
"SpaceShipTwo makes first flight to space from New Mexico"

https://spacenews.com/spaceshiptwo-make ... ew-mexico/

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Congrats to Virgin Galactic!
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Re: Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico

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Yay, the more the merrier!

Great name for a spaceship, and a great name for a spaceship builder, "The Spaceship Company" 😆
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Re: Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico

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Here's an article from Ars Technica:
"After Virgin Galactic’s success on Saturday, how soon can it fly again?"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05 ... regularly/

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