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The VSS Enterprise crash occurred on October 31, 2014, when the VSS Enterprise, a SpaceShipTwo experimental spaceflight test vehicle operated by Virgin Galactic, suffered a catastrophic in-flight breakup during a test flight and crashed in the Mojave Desert near Cantil, California.
Virgin Galactic's Third Powered Flight - 14 Jan 2014 Official video on Virgin Galactic YouTube channel; Virgin Galactic, National Geographic Channel, documentary of the conception, design, build and early flights of VSS Enterprise, 2012. NTSB B-Roll of the SpaceShipTwo Crash Scene in Mojave, Calif. - 1 Nov 2014 Official video on NTSB YouTube ...
On October 31, 2014, Alsbury was test flying the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise with Peter Siebold. The craft broke up in-flight, resulting in a total loss of VSS Enterprise, which crashed in the California Mojave Desert. Alsbury was unable to exit the spacecraft, and his remains were found still strapped to his seat in the fuselage.
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This week, live vicariously through Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists, encounter a mysterious human relative, discover a vanishing plant, and more. Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists ...
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Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two. Virgin Galactic's maiden spaceflight occurred in 2018 with its VSS Unity spaceship. [3] Branson had originally hoped to see a maiden spaceflight by 2010, [4] but the date was delayed, primarily due to the October 2014 crash of VSS ...
On 13 December 2018, at an altitude of 43,000 ft (13,000 m), the VMS Eve released the VSS Unity for its fourth powered test flight. [5] Lead pilot Stucky and co-pilot Sturckow flew Unity at a maximum Mach of 2.9 to an altitude of 82.7 km (51.4 mi), thereby surpassing the 50 mi (80 km) limit used in the United States to denote the limit of space, but falling short of the Kármán line of 62 mi ...