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Virgin Galactic pilots land safely after aborting suborbital flight – Spaceflight Now

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. 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.

Virgin Galactic test flight to space aborted after engine malfunctions

Virgin Galactic test flight to space aborted after engine malfunctions Rachel Sharp For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Virgin Galactic has suffered another setback to its mission to send commercial passengers into space after its rocket unexpectedly turned back before reaching space during its latest test flight.  The VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle on Saturday embarked on its third test flight to suborbital space and its first ever to take place from Virgin Galactic s New Mexico base.  But the flight was brought to an end prematurely before reaching space when the spacecraft s computer lost connection and the engine failed to ignite.    

Abort Mission: Virgin Galactic Suspends Test Flight While Already On Air

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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