One pilot confirmed dead in SpaceShipTwo crash

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One of the two pilots who were aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo during yesterday's test flight accident is dead. At a press conference at the company’s Mojave Air & Space Port, officials from Virgin Galactic said that local authorities have confirmed the death and that the second pilot, who parachuted from the spaceplane before it crashed in the desert, is in hospital after suffering serious injuries... Continue Reading One pilot confirmed dead in SpaceShipTwo crash

Section: Space

Tags: Crash, Rocket, Sir Richard Branson, Spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic

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