Virgin Galactic test flight ended after 'Lost connection'

A Virgin Galactic test flight today had to be ended prematurely when the spacecraft's rocket motor wouldn't ignite. The ship descended safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.

The hour-long flight was to be the first rocket-powered trip to space from Virgin Galactic's headquarters at Spaceport America, where the aircraft carrying the spacecraft took off at about 8:25 a.m., — Read the rest

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