New Mexico Spaceport Authority officials say a rocket has successfully launched from t' desert outpost. Aye aye! T' advanced rocket designed and built by Armadillo Aerospace launched into space last weekend. Well, blow me down! 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. 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.