Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try

over 3 years in Washington Times

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said. A 70-foot-long (21.34-meter-long) LauncherOne rocket was released from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft off the coast of Southern ...

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