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Space Tourism, Here We Come!

Oct 12, 2010 04:00 PM

A family vacation to Mars might be in the not-too-distant horizon, with the first successful manned solo flight of Virgin Atlantic's VSS Enterprise this past Sunday morning. Taking off from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, the commercial spaceship separated from its mothership at an altitude of 45,000 feet, piloted by Pete Siebold and Mike Alsbury for a period of eleven minutes before safe landing.

Virgin Galactic spaceplane in flight against a clear blue sky.

Smiley face graphic on the underside of an aircraft wing.

Spacecraft in flight against a clear sky.

Two individuals observing an aircraft in the sky, with a Virgin logo visible on the tail of a spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic spaceplane in flight against a clear blue sky.

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