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After numerous delays, some induced by the COVID pandemic, and dealing with the move to New Mexico, VG still has not launched a spacecraft from their new New Mexico facility... though, Saturday, they tried. In a flight to some 50,000 feet to allow for a proper altitude for the drop of the small spacecraft, video shows a good release from the Mothership, followed by brief seconds of separation as it dropped away, and then ignition of SpaceShipTwo's single rocket engine... for an even briefer second.... followed by an apparent shutdown and some gaseous venting as it turned back to the airport. In light of the uncertainty linked to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the Paris Air S