Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crashes during flight test

Credit: Courtesy, Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic test vehicle SpaceShip Two (SS2) has crashed into the Mojave Desert after experiencing an inflight “anomaly” during the first test of a new hybrid rocket motor at Mojave, California on Oct. 31. Reports indicate that one of the two test pilots was killed and the other survived, but is...
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