behind me, the hit that moment. they are coasting to the edge of space here. and viewers on your television, you re actually able to see what rachel described a moment ago where you see the rocket burn actually happening. kristin fisher, what does this moment feel like to you on the ground as well? reporter: unbelievably exciting. brian, we can actually see spaceship 2 rocketing up into space right now. we can see the moment when spaceship 2 released from the mother ship. you could see the smoke, the contrails from the ground as it rocketed up. everyone on the ground here cheering, and now this spaceship is in the very capable hands of the two pilots on board this flight, dave mckay, michael masuki. this is what they trained their entire lives for. these are two very highly trained test pilots. they ve been with virgin galactic for quite some time, and now they are responsible for the company s founder, richard branson, achieving his life long