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  Virgin Galactic rocket ship VSS Unity makes its first spaceflight in two years after ascending from New Mexico Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo spacecraft successfully made its first rocket-powered spaceflight since 2019 It took off from New Mexico's Spaceport America Saturday The successful spaceflight brings Virgin Galactic closer to offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere VSS Unity was carried up to an altitude of about 44,000 feet by a carrier aircraft called VMS Eve. Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson confirmed in a Twitter post that the two pilots and a research payload belonging to NASA had reached space  Virgin Galactic has reached space twice before, first from California in December 2018 and then again last June from New Mexico By  ASSOCIATED PRESS  and  GINA MARTINEZ FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED:   17:31, 22 May 2021  |  UPDATED:   19:51, 22 May 2021           e-mail...

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Touchdown! SpaceX successfully lands Starship rocket by Issam Ahmed In this photo screengrab made from SpaceX's live webcast shows the Starship SN15 after landing in Boca Chica, Cameron County, Texas on May 5, 2021 SpaceX managed to land its prototype Starship rocket at its Texas base without blowing it up on Wednesday, the first time it has succeeded in doing so in five attempts. The test flight represents a major win for the hard-charging company, which eventually wants to carry crew inside Starship for missions to Mars. "Starship landing nominal!" tweeted founder Elon Musk triumphantly, after the last four tries ended in big explosions. "Nominal" means normal in the context of spaceflight. The execution wasn't quite perfect, with a small fire engulfing the base of the 50 meter- (160 feet-) high rocket, dubbed SN15, shortly after landing. SpaceX webcaster John Insprucker explained this was "not unusual with the methane fuel we're using," addi...