Beschreibung : SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. - Early this morning, Richard Branson and five other crewmates briefly launched into space for the first fully crewed spaceflight of Virgin Galactic`s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.
The SpaceShipTwo vehicle, named VSS Unity, made a successful, crewed suborbital test flight to 282,000 feet (86 kilometers) above Earth`s surface before gliding back down to Spaceport America for a smooth runway landing.
SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. - Early this morning, Richard Branson and five other crewmates briefly launched into space for the first fully crewed spaceflight of Virgin Galactic`s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.
The SpaceShipTwo vehicle, named VSS Unity, made a successful, crewed suborbital test flight to 282,000 feet (86 kilometers) above Earth`s surface before gliding back down to Spaceport America for a smooth runway landing.