Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight




Technology Top Stories from Associated Press (AP) show

Summary: MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) , Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, 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.