First Commercial Spacecraft Completes Flight

According to CNN.com, two pilots flew the world’s first manned commercial spacecraft over California’s Mojave Desert just recently at 45,000 feet in the air. They were the only ones aboard the spacecraft’s test flight, Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson’s dream come true. He wants to come space travel affordable and possible. Sky Limo Air Charter, you full service private aviation company, found out the spaceship is called the VSS Enterprise. It landed on the runway at Mojave Air and Space Port. Virgin Galactic is on its way to becoming the world’s first commercial space line with 370 customer deposits equaling $50 million. Sky Limo found out the future commercial operations will operate at New Mexico’s Spaceport America where there will be a runway inauguration ceremony in late October. The 60-foot-long rocket plane will be taking 60,000 feet flight. The people behind Virgin Galactic are thinking one flight a week with six people on board. Each will pay $200,000 for the ride and train for three days before going. There are about 80,000 people on the waiting list as of now.