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July 15, SpaceShipTwo makes it's first crewed flight

2010, July 19 - 9:21am — Greg Kontos
Features: Current EventsCritical Path Innovation: Private Space TravelInstitutions: Virgin GalacticSpacecraft: SpaceShipTwo, WhiteKnightTwo
WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo in flight

The suborbital tourism ship, SpaceShipTwo, did not separate from the mothership, the WhiteKnightTwo, but all systems checked positive during the 6 hour and 12 minute flight.

Props to the writer at space.com, Clara Moskowitz, for writing a whole article on this psuedo maiden flight! Cause, I'm done in a sentence.