Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Reaches ’Space’ For The First Time Ever

An historic milestone in space on Thursday December 13th by Virgin Galactic when their reusable space ship VSS (Virgin Space Ship) Unity (. SpaceShipTwo) reached space on its fourth powered test flight. After release at 43,000 ft from its launch aircraft WhiteKnightTwo (Virgin Mother Ship Eve), VSS Unity crossed the 50 mile high boundary of space, achieving an altitude of 51.4 miles (271,268 ft or ) with a 60 second burn of its rocket engine and max speed of Mach 2.9. The flight started at about