Virgin Spaceship Unity (VSS Unity) glides for the first time after being released from Virgin Mothership Eve (VMS Eve) over the Mojave Desert on 3rd, December 2016.
The spacecraft nailed its first unpowered glide since a fatal accident in 2014 Virgin Galactic VSS Unity Descending Above, the sky. Below, the Mojave. Virgin Galactic is working its way back to space. The private spaceflight company, built by billionaire Richard Branson, is premised on an odd sort of lux populism: tourist trips to outer space…
