Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight
- Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company said on Saturday.
The space tourism company said that mission took off from and returned to Spaceport America in New Mexico on Saturday.
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