Watch news conference at Mojave Spaceport following reports of explosion and crash of Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket
Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago.
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash: watch news conference live
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Branson's ambitious space-travel project plagued by problems and delays
Founder of Virgin Galactic believed in 2004 that commercial space travel was just three years away but string of failures has plunged future into doubt
· One person dead in Virgin Galactic rocket plane crash
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago.
· One person dead in Virgin Galactic rocket plane crash
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago.
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Katy Perry, Justin Bieber And Tom Hanks Booked Flights On SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipTwo's crash may have some of its 700 passengers changing their minds about space flight.
Reported by IBTimes 4 hours ago.
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Deadly Crash In Testing May Hit Space Tourism
Hundreds have reserved seats and paid a deposit on the £125,000 ticket price for a minutes-long suborbital flight.
Reported by Sky News 2 hours ago.
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The injured pilot from the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash is 'doing as well as can be expected,' official says - from broadcast
Reported by Breaking News 3 hours ago.
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Will crash set back space tourism?
The SpaceShipTwo crash is a tragedy that will prompt serious reflection but commercial space ventures are unlikely to be deterred, the BBC's Jonathan Amos says.
Reported by BBC News 1 hour ago.
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What will happen to NBC's 'Space Race' reality show following Virgin Galactic Crash?
What will happen to NBC's “Space Race” reality show following Virgin Galactic Crash? CBS orders 'Limitless,' a TV drama sequel to the 2011 Bradley Cooper film “Big Bang Theory” boss didn't expect the studio audience to keep last night's big cameo a secret
Reported by HitFix 2 hours ago.
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Mojave Air and Space Port CEO Stuart Witt: 'detected nothing that appeared abnormal' before SpaceShipTwo crash - @AP
Reported by Breaking News 3 hours ago.
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Spacecraft crash and Woolf resigns - papers
The test flight crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft and Fiona Woolf's resignation as abuse inquiry head make headlines.
Reported by BBC News 31 minutes ago.
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Spacecraft crash and Woolf resigns
Test flight crash and Woolf resignation make headlines
Reported by BBC News 2 hours ago.
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Live video: Homes threatened by fire from tanker truck crash in Los Angeles - @NBCLA
Reported by Breaking News 2 hours ago.
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Virgin crash sets back space tourism by years: experts
Washington DC (AFP) Nov 01, 2014The deadly crash of Virgin Galactic's spacecraft has dealt a devastating setback to the cause of space tourism, delaying the first commercial flights to the stars by years, experts said Friday. After several delays, Virgin Galactic had hoped to start ferrying passengers to the edge of space in 2015, ushering in a new era of tourism for those willing and wealthy enough to pay up to $250,000 Reported by Space Daily 1 hour ago.
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Test flight of Virgin Galactic spaceship ends in fatal crash in California
MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - A passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday near the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other, officials said.
Reported by Reuters 2 minutes ago.
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'Serious' collision in County Down
A vehicle has been involved in a serious crash in Holywood, County Down.
Reported by BBC News 10 minutes ago.
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Gloucester crash to last gasp defeat to Exeter Chiefs in the...
Exeter Chiefs 28 Gloucester 27 Gloucester suffered a heartbreaking defeat as Exeter Chiefs forced a penalty try at the death in the LV=Cup. It looked as though the Cherry and Whites would topple the reigning champions in Devon. Gareth Evans grabbed a try on his comeback from knee surgery to help Gloucester towards a half-time lead before Exeter responded with an interception. Tries from Billy Meakes and Yann Thomas following the break appeared enough but Exeter were always in touch and Simon...
Reported by Gloucestershire Echo 7 hours ago.
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson in remarks to press says 'we are determined to find out what went wrong' in SpaceShipTwo crash - @AP
Reported by Breaking News 8 hours ago.
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Investigation Of Deadly Spaceship Crash Begins In Mojave Desert
Federal officials are looking into why the Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwo crashed in California during a test flight that left one pilot dead.
Reported by NPR 7 hours ago.
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Pilot killed in SpaceShipTwo crash identified as Michael Alsbury by coroner's office in Kern County, Calif. - @latimes
Reported by Breaking News 7 hours ago.
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Sir Richard Branson admits future of space tourism project is in doubt
Virgin CEO says space dream will live on if we can overcome cause of accident as he flies to SpaceShipTwo crash site in California
Sir Richard Branson acknowledged on Saturday that his dream of commercial space tourism may have ended in the explosion that consumed Virgin Galactics test craft SpaceShipTwo in the skies above Californias Mojave desert.
After rushing overnight to the scene of Fridays accident, the Virgin chief executive told reporters he and his team would love to see the project to completion but he added a big if.
We owe it to our test pilots to find out what went wrong, he said, and once we find out what went wrong, if we can overcome it, we will make absolutely certain that the dream lives on.
According to initial accounts, SpaceShipTwo broke up at an altitude of about 45,000 feet shortly after separating from its mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo. The pilot of SpaceShipTwo was killed and the pilot of WhiteKnightTwo was injured.Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board which has investigated space shuttle crashes but confines most of its work to conventional aircraft yesterday began the painstaking task of sifting through the wreckage, in the desert near Edwards air force base north of Los Angeles, going through the test flight data and interviewing witnesses. In an initial news conference, the acting NTSB chairman, Christopher Hart, said he did not even know if SpaceShipTwo had a black box flight recorder.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 6 hours ago.
Sir Richard Branson acknowledged on Saturday that his dream of commercial space tourism may have ended in the explosion that consumed Virgin Galactics test craft SpaceShipTwo in the skies above Californias Mojave desert.
After rushing overnight to the scene of Fridays accident, the Virgin chief executive told reporters he and his team would love to see the project to completion but he added a big if.
We owe it to our test pilots to find out what went wrong, he said, and once we find out what went wrong, if we can overcome it, we will make absolutely certain that the dream lives on.
According to initial accounts, SpaceShipTwo broke up at an altitude of about 45,000 feet shortly after separating from its mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo. The pilot of SpaceShipTwo was killed and the pilot of WhiteKnightTwo was injured.Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board which has investigated space shuttle crashes but confines most of its work to conventional aircraft yesterday began the painstaking task of sifting through the wreckage, in the desert near Edwards air force base north of Los Angeles, going through the test flight data and interviewing witnesses. In an initial news conference, the acting NTSB chairman, Christopher Hart, said he did not even know if SpaceShipTwo had a black box flight recorder.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 6 hours ago.
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Virgin Galactic crash: Branson casts doubt on future of spaceflight project as pilot killed in crash is named
Sir Richard Branson has cast doubt on the future of his prized commercial spaceflight project, Virgin Galactic, following a catastrophic accident in the skies above Southern California on Friday, which left one test pilot dead, a second seriously injured, and debris spread for miles across the desert floor.
Reported by Independent 5 hours ago.
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