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Virgin Galactic achieves first space flight

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Virgin Galactic achieves first space flight

The Virgin Galactic spacecraft has succeeded in reaching the edge of space yesterday with a test flight its SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, reaching an apogee of 51.4 miles following a 60 second planned rocket motor burn which propelled VSS Unity to almost three times the speed of sound. As VSS Unity coast...

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