TRANSCRIPT · Watch Virgin Galactic's new 'Delta-class' space plane take to the skies for the 1st time (video)

## Watch Virgin Galactic's new 'Delta-class' space plane take to the skies for the 1st time (video) (Space.com)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/watch-virgin-galactics-new-delta-class-space-plane-take-to-the-skies-for-the-1st-time-video
GRANT BRICKMAN: Virgin Galactic's new Apeiron space plane has flown for the first time, under the wing of its carrier.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Now the full story. We showed you Apeiron on Wednesday. Since then it has flown for the first time, from Arizona to New Mexico.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A spaceship has flown. Splendid. Did it reach space, Greta? I want the altitude, the view, a commemorative mug.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It flew beneath its carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, from Mesa, Arizona to Spaceport America. Think ferry, Grant, not rocket.
LYLE HOTCHKISS: It hitched a lift under another plane. Columbus would have sued the carpool.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Years in the making, said the CEO. Also, strictly speaking, a lift.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The company says Apeiron, Greek for Boundless, now goes through a series of checks and tests at Spaceport America.
LYLE HOTCHKISS: One state over in a whole day, a scandal! Although, no, a first flight like that is perfectly sensible.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Early Q2 2027 for commercial flights, we reported. Those checks decide whether that holds.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two views, no agreement, just how I like a panel. Viewers, cast your vote.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Apeiron is at Spaceport America, the tests are ahead, and the real flights are still to come.

## The Gallery [FICTION]
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A quick peek into the control room.
DIRECTOR MARGE: Standby, everyone! Intern, that last story, Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app for virtually trying on clothes. Cue the lower third!
PASSERBY: Right! The red button?
DIRECTOR MARGE: Not the red one! Never the red one!
PASSERBY: Sorry! The monitors all look the same. Why is Camera 2 moving by itself?
DIRECTOR MARGE: Because the pigeon sits on Camera 2. Again. Shoo it, gently.
DIRECTOR MARGE: Tally lights are green, we are live in a moment. Everybody breathe, then go.

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