SpaceShip Two , the ship’s company Virgin Galactic suborbital flights used to offer to tourists, has crashed on Friday in the Mojave Desert (California) during a test flight in the participating two. One of the pilots had died and the other was reportedly wounded , according to AP.
So far, the company has just detailed the plane took off at 10.07 on Friday, local time and has not explained what happened to the pilots managed. “During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly that caused the loss of SpaceShip Two . WhiteKnight Two (WK2) [the mothership that carries SpaceShip Two] landed. We work closely with authorities to determine the cause of the accident and provide updated information, “said the company through its Twitter account.
That will be the spacecraft with the company of billionaire Richard Branson opened the door to space tourism. The suborbital flights will offer reach a height of 110 kilometers and allow a few minutes to experience zero gravity.
The experience cost $ 200,000 (160,000 euros) and there is already a waiting list of over 800 people. The plan is that flights take off from Spaceport, spaceport in New Mexico (USA).
In April 2013, the company first tested during a flight the engine of their spacecraft, ‘SpaceShipTwo’
This week, the US space industry suffered another accident . On Tuesday, the rocket Antares , carrying the cargo unmanned Cygnes , the private company Orbital Sciences, exploded a few seconds after desepegue Center Wallops Flight Virginia. No injuries were reported.
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