Once detached, an on-board rocket was engaged, shooting Galactic Unity 22 to a peak altitude of more than 282,000 feet. The ascent to the launch - where the mothership released the Galactic Unity 22 - lasted nearly 50 minutes. local time.Īs the mothership - manned by two pilots - approached more than 46,000 feet above Earth's surface, Virgin Galactic live streamed a video of vignettes about the vessel, interviews with NASA astronauts and other material hosted by late night comedian Stephen Colbert. The spacecraft, which was attached to a larger plane, taxied across a runway at Spaceport America before lifting off at about 8:40 a.m. Lifting off from Spaceport America in Las Cruces, N.M., - a commercial space flight center about 180 miles south of Albuquerque -Branson was among a crew of four "mission specialists" who reached speeds three times the speed of sound. The flight ushers in a new chapter in the world of aeronautics, with Virgin Galactic among a handful of ambitious and well-funded ventures racing to commercialize travel to space. Richard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space on Sunday in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic. The rocket plane carrying Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members takes off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M.
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