spaceport america: He declined to set a specific deadline for the first commercial flight, according to The Japan Times. An interior cabin for the company's space rocket is being tested, and pilots and engineers are among the employees relocating from California to New Mexico. Branson said Friday at a news conference that Virgin Galactic's development and testing program has advanced enough to make the move to the custom-tailored hangar and runway at the taxpayer-financed Spaceport America facility near the town of Truth or Consequences. ; Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said a small number of flight tests are pending. The move to New Mexico puts the company in the home stretch, Whitesides said. Taxpayers invested over 200 million in Spaceport America after Branson and then-Gov. The manufacturing of the space vehicles by a sister enterprise, The Spaceship Company, will remain based in the community of Mojave, California.
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