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Virgin Galactic makes first flight from New Mexico site

by Susan Montoya BryanPAUL DAVENPORT
| December 12, 2020 9:07 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely when the spacecraft landed safely at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico after its rocket engine failed to ignite high above the Earth.

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