VSS Unity has successfully tested its first rocket-powered spacecraft, Virgin Galactic . The SpaceShipTwo launched Unity at an altitude that allows the spacecraft to fire its engines for as long as 30 seconds to take it to one and a half times the speed of sound. Update: It was the first powered test of Unity since the in-flight loss of Enterprise in over three years . Shortly after the test, Virgin Galactic founder Virgin Galactic tweeted: "Space feels tantalisingly close now."
VSS Unity has successfully tested its first rocket-powered spacecraft, Virgin Galactic . The SpaceShipTwo launched Unity at an altitude that allows the spacecraft to fire its engines for as long as 30 seconds to take it to one and a half times the speed of sound. It was the first powered test of Unity since the in-flight loss of Enterprise in over three years . Shortly after the test, Virgin Galactic founder Virgin Galactic tweeted: "Space feels tantalisingly close now."