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Two pilots aboard Virgin Galactic’s commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital rocketplane safely landed back in New Mexico Saturday after a “computer communications loss” triggered an abort of the craft’s engine ignition sequence.
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founder by billionaire Richard Branson, was attempting its first suborbital spaceflight from the company’s new home base at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Abort Mission: Virgin Galactic Suspends Test Flight While Already On Air
Photo : Screenshot from Virgin Galactic s Official YouTube Channel
American spaceflight and aircraft company Virgin Galactic conducted its very first powered test flight in New Mexico this Saturday with their supersonic rocket plane. But as it went up into the sky, the mission was suddenly aborted due to engine failure, and the two pilots had no choice but to glide down back to the ground.
The failed attempt to fly the company s SpaceShipTwo Unity which was attached to VMS Eve, its mothership, was caught on camera and video shown on a Twitch livestream which was reported to be an insider coverage authorized by NASA s official website NASASpaceflight. The incident was also reported and confirmed by Virgin Galactic, mentioning that the spacecraft s pilots namely CJ Sturckow and Dave Mackay has landed safely despite of aborting the test flight.
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