Virgin Galactic makes first test flight
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group and which Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments has a 32 percent stake in, has made the first test flight of its commercial manned spaceship, it announced on Monday.
Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, today announced that its passenger-carrying suborbital space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo, successfully completed its first glide flight test on June 26 since a recent integration period for rocket motor systems and maintenance.