Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit project on Sunday successfully flew a rocket into space from the wing of a 747 plane, paving the way for a new method of launching low-cost satellites.
The Virgin Orbit "Cosmic Girl" - a modified Boeing Co. 747-400 carrying a LauncherOne rocket under it's wing - takes off for the Launch Demo 2 mission from Mojave Air and Space Port on January 17, 2021 in Mojave, California. - The LauncherOne rocket, which will release from the wing of the Boeing 747 before ignition, contains small research satellites, known as CubeSats for NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 20 mission developed by nine research universities and a NASA center. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
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