Virgin Galactic celebrates its third successful launch, the first ever in New Mexico

Human space flight — and space tourism — took a welcome step forward on Saturday.

That's because Virgin Galactic made New Mexico the third U.S. state to ever host a space launch. The test flight of the company's VSS Unity lifted off from Spaceport America in Truth or Consequences, NM a little after 10:30 a.m. ET on...