Virgin Galactic made its first flight to the edge of the universe

Although not the only company of this kind, Virgin Galactic of Richard Branson is certainly one of the most famous companies that announced tourist space flights. These flights have not yet been officially launched by any of the companies, and even when they start, they will be limited to people who are willing to pay millions of dollars.

On the way to enabling their first commercial flight for tourists, Virgin Galactic reached a key point this week. They first managed to reach the height officially considered the beginning of the universe, that is, they flew to a height of 82.68 kilometers.

The height to which the SpaceShipTwo has reached has been enough for NASA and the US Air Force to think that a spacecraft has officially entered space, and pilots in that aircraft are considered as astronauts.

Another border, considered to be the beginning of the universe, is 100 kilometers above Earth, but reportedly according to the latest research, the height of the SpaceShipTwo is sufficient to officially consider this as their first space flight.

Otherwise, tourists, whenever the year they first fly into space, will do just a few minutes. Upon arriving at the low orbit of the earth, they will have a short chance to feel the almost weightless state, as well as enjoy the view, after which the spacecraft will head back to Earth.

Unlike other spacecraft prepared for tourist flights, the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo is made to fly to another plane to a certain height, after which it disconnects and includes missile engines that remain on for just a few minutes.

Then the plane descends like a plane on Earth and land on a runway.