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    'An Indescribable Feeling': Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space

    Four years after another test flight ended tragically, the company is celebrating a milestone: Its manned spacecraft reached an altitude of more than 51 miles.
    by Colin Dwyer Dec 13, 2018 3 minutes
    Observers watch Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo take off for a suborbital test flight of the VSS Unity in Mojave, Calif. The company marked a major milestone Thursday as Unity made it to a peak height of more than 51 miles, meeting the Federal Aviation Administration's definition of spaceflight.

    Virgin Galactic says it has reached a rather lofty milestone.

    During a test flight Thursday morning in Mojave, Calif., a pair of pilots flying the company's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft hit an altitude of 51.4 miles. That height clears the 50-mile threshold that is sometimes considered the boundary of space.

    "Today, as I stood among a truly remarkable group of people with our eyes on the stars, we saw our biggest dream and our toughest

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