From A Camera Mounted On The Spaceplace, SpaceShipTwo’s First Powered Test Flight

Virgin Galactic, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Scaled) and Virgin Galactic, officially marks Virgin Galactic’s entrance into the final phase of vehicle testing prior to commercial service from Spaceport America in New Mexico. “The first powered flight of Virgin Spaceship Enterprise was without any doubt, our single most important flight test to date,“ said Virgin Galactic Founder Sir Richard Branson,