New Virgin Galactic space tourism aircraft flies solo for the first time

On December 3, 2016, the Virgin Galactic new SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew freely for the first time. This important test marks the first time that a vehicle built by Virgin Galactic’s manufacturing arm, The Spaceship Company, has flown fully under its own control. The test flight of the new SpaceShipTwo comes just over two years…