Virgin Galactic launch: Rocket successfully carries first paying customers
#VirginGalactic #Branson #VSSUnity
Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Galactic has successfully launched its first paying customers towards space.
A plane carrying the space company’s VSS Unity rocket took off from the New Mexico desert for its “Galactic 01” mission after nearly two decades of preparation.
The operation started around 4pm BST, or 11am local time. Virgin Galactic’s mothership - VSS Eve - flew to around 45,000 ft before dropping its space plane, VSS Unity, which has then blasted towards space.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...
Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/...
Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
-
LIVE
Rethinking the Dollar
36 minutes agoGOP WANTS $500 BILL TO HONOR TRUMP | SIGNS OF GREATER INFLATION TO COME? | Morning Check-In w/ Mike
506 watching -
1:36:11
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
5 hours agoThe Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #941
28.7K15 -
1:17:47
jeffahern
2 hours agoThursday Thrash With Jeff Ahern (6am Pacific)
11.6K3 -
2:05:19
AP4Liberty
3 hours agoBorder Wars Breakout Between Kansas and Missouri... Again!
13.4K -
19:28
Stephen Gardner
9 hours ago🔴BREAKING: Biden’s RECKLESS new scheme fails with the PEOPLE!!
24.3K76 -
1:03:16
Kimberly Guilfoyle
2 days agoSlow Joe Hits a New Low, Plus New Case of Illegal Immigrant Crime, Live with Karoline Leavitt & Sen Tommy Tuberville | Ep. 134
93.1K90 -
2:35
Random Food
5 days ago $0.32 earnedMixed Berry with Lemon Cream Biscuits
26.4K4 -
59:15
Son of a Boy Dad
5 hours agoNew York vs. LA | Son of a Boy Dad #210
24.9K3 -
24:00
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
23 hours agoRoad To BKFC 62
31.2K1 -
48:57
Plan Bri Uncut
4 hours agoSo Classic | PlanBri Uncut Episode 265
20.8K1