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Watch Richard Branson's New Spaceship Fly Solo For The First Time
More than two years after one of its spacecrafts crashed, killing the co-pilot, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo back in the air this weekend for its first "glide flight."
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Virgin Galactic Spaceship Makes First Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic's new spaceship has made a successful first glide flight, a key step after a deadly crash of its predecessor two years ago, the spaceflight company said on Saturday.
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Space Pilot of Virgin Galactic 'Unbuckled' Himself as Craft Split Apart
The surviving pilot of the Virgin Galactic spaceship that crashed last month unbuckled himself and was thrown free from the disintegrating craft, investigators said Wednesday.
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New Spaceship Restoring Hope After Virgin Galactic Crash
Virgin Galactic hopes to complete construction of the second SpaceShipTwo, informally called hope, in mid-2015.
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New Spaceship Restoring Hope After Virgin Galactic Crash
The hangar that housed Virgin Galactic's ill-fated SpaceShipTwo has an empty space, but at a manufacturing plant just down the road technicians on Wednesday were back at work putting together an identical sister ship.
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Pilot Mystery at Heart of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash Probe
The probe of Virgin Galactic's space plane crash in California hinges on a central mystery: Why a seasoned test pilot would prematurely unlock the craft's moveable tail section, setting off a chain of events that led to destruction of the ship and his death.
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Many Questions Still Unanswered in Spaceship Crash
Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash.
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Debris From the Downed Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Found 35 Miles Away
Federal accident investigators say that tiny pieces of Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceship that broke up in flight have been found 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the main wreckage area.
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A Look at Virgin Galactic's Feathering Technology
The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.
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Virgin Galactic Passenger Rocket Plane's Tail Activated Prematurely in Fatal Crash
A human-factors expert will join a team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of the Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked the ship's pivoting tail section, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman said on Monday.
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Crashed Virgin Spacecraft 'Ignored' Space Safety Warnings: Expert
Virgin Galactic "ignored" repeated warnings in the years leading up to the deadly crash of its spacecraft in California, a rocket science safety expert said on Sunday, as investigators hunted for clues to the accident.
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Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Appears to Have Broken Apart in Flight
The head of the federal agency examining last week's fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship during a test flight in California's Mojave Desert said on Sunday the vehicle appears to have broken apart in flight.
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Branson Determined to Find Cause of Virgin Spaceship Crash, Pilots Identified
We owe it to our pilots to find out exactly what went wrong," Branson said during a news conference in Mojave.
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Probe of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash May Take a Year
Authorities who carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another have said probing the incident could take a year.
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Probe of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash May Take A 'Year'
Authorities who on Saturday carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another said probing the incident could take a year.
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Watch Richard Branson's New Spaceship Fly Solo For The First Time
More than two years after one of its spacecrafts crashed, killing the co-pilot, Virgin Galactic sent its SpaceShipTwo back in the air this weekend for its first "glide flight."
-
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Makes First Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic's new spaceship has made a successful first glide flight, a key step after a deadly crash of its predecessor two years ago, the spaceflight company said on Saturday.
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Space Pilot of Virgin Galactic 'Unbuckled' Himself as Craft Split Apart
The surviving pilot of the Virgin Galactic spaceship that crashed last month unbuckled himself and was thrown free from the disintegrating craft, investigators said Wednesday.
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New Spaceship Restoring Hope After Virgin Galactic Crash
Virgin Galactic hopes to complete construction of the second SpaceShipTwo, informally called hope, in mid-2015.
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New Spaceship Restoring Hope After Virgin Galactic Crash
The hangar that housed Virgin Galactic's ill-fated SpaceShipTwo has an empty space, but at a manufacturing plant just down the road technicians on Wednesday were back at work putting together an identical sister ship.
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Pilot Mystery at Heart of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash Probe
The probe of Virgin Galactic's space plane crash in California hinges on a central mystery: Why a seasoned test pilot would prematurely unlock the craft's moveable tail section, setting off a chain of events that led to destruction of the ship and his death.
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Many Questions Still Unanswered in Spaceship Crash
Federal accident investigators have an early sense of what went wrong before an experimental spaceship designed to carry tourists beyond the Earth's atmosphere broke apart during a test flight. But they still don't know why the craft prematurely shifted its shape prior to the deadly crash.
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Debris From the Downed Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Found 35 Miles Away
Federal accident investigators say that tiny pieces of Virgin Galactic's experimental spaceship that broke up in flight have been found 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the main wreckage area.
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A Look at Virgin Galactic's Feathering Technology
The Virgin Galactic spaceship destroyed when it broke apart high over the Mojave Desert was designed to take tourists on a fleeting thrill ride through the lower reaches of space.
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Virgin Galactic Passenger Rocket Plane's Tail Activated Prematurely in Fatal Crash
A human-factors expert will join a team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of the Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane to study why the co-pilot prematurely unlocked the ship's pivoting tail section, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman said on Monday.
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Crashed Virgin Spacecraft 'Ignored' Space Safety Warnings: Expert
Virgin Galactic "ignored" repeated warnings in the years leading up to the deadly crash of its spacecraft in California, a rocket science safety expert said on Sunday, as investigators hunted for clues to the accident.
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Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Appears to Have Broken Apart in Flight
The head of the federal agency examining last week's fatal crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship during a test flight in California's Mojave Desert said on Sunday the vehicle appears to have broken apart in flight.
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Branson Determined to Find Cause of Virgin Spaceship Crash, Pilots Identified
We owe it to our pilots to find out exactly what went wrong," Branson said during a news conference in Mojave.
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Probe of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash May Take a Year
Authorities who carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another have said probing the incident could take a year.
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Probe of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crash May Take A 'Year'
Authorities who on Saturday carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another said probing the incident could take a year.
