The world's first commercial spaceport has opened its runway in the New Mexico desert in the US, bringing the dream of mass tourism in space a step closer.
Spaceport America is the world's first facility designed specifically to launch commercial spacecraft.
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company set up by Sir Richard Branson, plans to operate flights from the spaceport with the first flights taking place within the next 18 months.
Text: IANS
Image: In this image released by Virgin Galactic, the first flight to Spaceport America, the world's first commercial spaceport, circles the airfield in Upham during a dedication ceremony on Friday, Oct 22, 2010. (Photographs copyright AP)
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