MOJAVE, Calif., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Virgin Galactic -- the Richard Branson enterprise aimed at taking civilians to the brink of space aboard a commercial shuttle -- successfully launched and landed its SpaceShipTwo Tuesday in an unmanned flight test.
The rocket-powered shuttle took off from and landed at Mojave Air and Space Port in California Tuesday, the latest test since the shuttle last took to the air in August. Virgin Galactic commercial space flight plans have suffered a string of delays, but Branson and his company are still confident that they aren't far from taking their first paying customers to space.