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Suborbital spaceship SpaceShipTwo crashed in the USA
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft crashed during testing in the United States. As a result of the accident, one pilot died, the other was seriously injured.
The ship exploded and broke apart after separating from the White Knight Two aircraft that had brought it to launch altitude and turning on its own engines.
The aircraft carrier landed safely.
The wreckage of the ship was filmed from a helicopter of a local TV channel. They were found near the Virgin Galactic spaceport in the Mojave Desert.
What caused the crash is still unknown. It is reported that the ship used a new type of fuel.
Video footage from the scene:
The suborbital spacecraft has been flying for the first time since January and is testing an upgraded engine made by Sierra Nevada Corp. (English).
- SpaceShipTwo is being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. The test flight on October 31 was the 35th in a row: some of them were carried out by the ship with the engines on, some with the engines off.
- The company planned to start commercial flights in February-March 2015. More than 700 people lined up to fly on SpaceShipTwo, each of whom paid $250,000. During the flight, tourists will be in zero gravity for six minutes.
- On the night of October 29, exploded in the United States. an Antares launch vehicle, manufactured by the private company Orbital,