New Mexico Spaceport Authority officials say a rocket has successfully launched from t' desert outpost. T' advanced rocket designed and built by Armadillo Aerospace launched into space last weekend. T' Las Cruces Sun-News (bit.ly ) reports t' test flight was a non-public event at t' request o' Armadillo Aerospace as t' company continues testin' reusable rockets. A vice president at Armadillo Aerospace says t' flight successfully demonstrated many o' t' technologies needed for t' manned suborbital program by reachin' a projected suborbital altitude o' 137500 feet. Avast! Armadillo Aerospace is developin' reusable rocket-powered vehicles and plans t' provide a platform for civilian access t' suborbital space via its partnership with Space Adventures, Ltd. T' vehicle also carried an onboard scientific payload. T' experiment studied a liquid and gas flow process that is sensitive t' t' gravity and acceleration levels encountered durin' spaceflight.