SpaceShipTwo Completes Its First Rocket-Powered Flight http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocketed supersonic over the storied Mojave desert this morning during its first powered flight. The early morning test took place at the Mojave Air and Space Port in southern California not far from where the Bell X-1 piloted by (then) Capt. Chuck Yeager first flew supersonic in 1947. Today's flight is a major milestone for Virgin Galactic and paves the way for the first suborbital space flight test later this year.



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