Virgin spaceport runway completed
Commercial spaceflight has taken a step closer to reality with the first public landing of Virgin Galactic's craft on the newly completed runway at a New Mexico spaceport.
The VSS Enterprise spacecraft made a celebratory flight over the New Mexico facility, where Sir Richard Branson told crowds the first commercial flights could take place within nine months.
Rajesh Mirchandani reports from Los Angeles.
23 Oct 2010
- From the section Science & Environment