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Space Tourism Aircraft Makes Test Flight

Dec. 21: WhiteKnightTwo took to the air for the first time following several weeks of taxi tests.
An artist's conception depicts Virgin Galactic's mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, cradling suborbital craft SpaceShipTwo in mid-flight.
An artist's conception depicts SpaceShipTwo attached beneath the mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, then separating and preparing to make its suborbital flight.
This closer view shows detail of one of WhiteKnightTwo's two bows, with two of the engines, also showing the 'Galactic Girl' artwork.
July 28: Sir Richard Branson, left, and Burt Rutan riding aboard the WhiteKnightTwo mothership at Scaled Composities in Mojave, Calif.

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