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Elizabeth Howell

Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes first glide since historic spaceflight, aims for space

close-up view of virgin spacecraft underneath a carrier plane

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane is back in flight after two years on the ground.

The VSS Unity spacecraft from Virgin Galactic performed a nine-minute test glide over New Mexico's Spaceport America on Wednesday (April 26) to evaluate how well the spaceship and carrier plane VMS Eve are doing after a fleet upgrade.

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