Joy As Virgin Spaceship Makes Solo Flight

Customers will pay £126,000 for a quick trip above the atmosphere
 Cosmic tourism is a step closer after a successful test flight of the first manned commercial spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship Enterprise was carried to 45,000ft by a plane above California's Mojave desert before being glided safely to the ground in a time of 11 minutes.
It was the first time the craft had flown without being attached to another plane.
Designers hope it will soon be taking passengers prepared to splash out £126,000 for a brief hop above the Earth's atmosphere.

Sir Richard Branson, the mastermind of the project, said he was delighted by the milestone on Sunday.
He said: "It couldn't have gone better.
"The spaceship flew like a bird."

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