Virgin Galactic has resumed flight tests less than two years after a catastrophic failure attributed to human error claimed the co-pilot’s life and delayed the dream of launching civilians into space. Virgin Spaceship Unity, the product of a collaboration between Virgin Galactic; its subsidiary, The Spaceship Company; and Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, flew for the first time Sept. 8, securely attached to its mother ship.
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