Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Has Crashed

This morning, Virgin Galactic tweeted that their SpaceShipTwo spaceplane had experienced an “in-flight anomaly”

We have now confirmed that SpaceShipTwo has crashed during a test flight due to currently unknown causes. A press conference is planned with more details at 2 pm pacific.

WhiteKnightTwo, the craft that carries SpaceShipTwo to altitude before detaching, landed safely.

There were at least two pilots on board the craft before the crash; their status is unknown. We will update as soon as we hear more.

SpaceShipTwo was designed primarily for space tourism, meant to carry passengers high enough to experience near-weightlessness for roughly $200,000 per ticket.

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