Virgin Galactic makes first flight from New Mexico site

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic on Saturday completed its first rocket-powered flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The flight was the first from Virgin Galactic’s new headquarters at the futuristic desert outpost but it wasn’t immediately clear from information released by the space tourism company whether the hour-long test flight actually reached space as planned. After delays due to the coronavirus pandemic and some dicey weather earlier this week,