SpaceShipTwo Crashes After In-Flight Anomaly

LOS ANGELES — Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) crashed in the Mojave Desert after experiencing an in-flight “anomaly” during the first test of a new hybrid rocket motor at Mojave, California, on Oct 31. Reports so far indicate that one of the two test pilots on board survived after bailing out...

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