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This Saturday, May 22, 2021 image shows the release of VSS Unity from VMS Eve and ignition of rocket motor over Spaceport America, N.M. Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first-ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, N.M. (Virgin Galactic via AP)

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Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press May 22, 2021