Virgin Space : More than 500 would-be space tourists have signed up to take short $ 200,000 flights that would involve several minutes of weightlessness . First rocket - powered test flight completed for SpaceShipTwo . Test was not a space flight , but Virgin says it anticipates a flight by year 's end . The aircraft broke the sound barrier during propulsion , Virgin Galactic says .
Virgin Space : First rocket - powered test flight completed for SpaceShipTwo . Test was not a space flight , but Virgin says it anticipates a flight by year 's end . The aircraft broke the sound barrier during propulsion , Virgin Galactic says .