Richard Branson’s space-tourism company said it has received federal approval to resume testing its rocket plane following a 2014 fatal test flight and, if those flights go smoothly, to eventually start carrying passengers to the edge of space. Virgin Galactic LLC on Monday announced the authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration came some 20 months after pilot error resulted in a high-profile crash that rocked the company and raised questions about the future of commercial ventures in space. The accident...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 01, 2016 21:49 UTC