'An Indescribable Feeling': Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space
Four years after another test flight ended tragically, the company is celebrating a milestone: Its manned spacecraft reached an altitude of more than 51 miles.
by Colin Dwyer
Dec 13, 2018
3 minutes
Virgin Galactic says it has reached a rather lofty milestone.
During a test flight Thursday morning in Mojave, Calif., a pair of pilots flying the company's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft hit an altitude of 51.4 miles. That height clears the 50-mile threshold that is sometimes considered the boundary of space.
"Today, as I stood among a truly remarkable group of people with our eyes on the stars, we saw our biggest dream and our toughest
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