VSS Enterprise First Flight, The Triumph of Private “Enterprise”. Photo by Mark Greenberg

In an effort to avoid all the “last” pictures I keep stumbling across (in reference to the Space Shuttle program), here’s a cheerful “first” instead: Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise’s first ‘captive carry’ flight.

Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against the blue back drop of the Mojave skies.

VSS Enterprise First Flight, seen from below. Photo by Mark Greenberg