Houston Chronicle - Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight, Apr 29, 2013

: "MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space. "It couldn't have gone more smoothly," said Sir Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with Aabar Investments PJC of Abu Dhabi."
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