First Launch of Commercial Space Craft Deemed Success Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2 (VSS Enterprise) glides toward earth on its first test flight after release from the mothership, "WhiteKnight2" over the Mojave, Ca. area early Sunday October 10, 2010 ( Mark Greenberg / Virgin Galactic ) Produced by PRI and WNYC