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SpaceShipTwo Crash - First Hand Account From Mojave

Published on Oct 31, 2014

Parabolic Arc managing editor Doug Messier was one of the first on the scene of crash site in California and tells Space.com's @TariqJMalik what he saw. Full Story:
"Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Test Flight: 1 Dead, 1 Injured"

by Miriam Kramer, Space.com
October 31, 2014

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SpaceShipTwo Wreckage Investigated By NTSB

Published on Nov 1, 2014

National Transportation Safety Board investigators were at the crash site in Mojave, California on Nov. 1st, 2014. Full Coverage: http://goo.gl/OCE9v6

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SpaceShipTwo - Catastrophic Failure Moment

Published on Jul 28, 2015

The NTSB has released video showing several angles of the doomed SpaceShipTwo flight, from initial separation from the White Knight carrier aircraft to the moment when the ‘feather’ was manually unlocked, too early in the flight, causing the accident. -- NTSB Investigates Wreckage

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Virgin Galactic's new Spaceshiptwo is designed to not crash

Published on Feb 19, 2016

Virgin Galactic unveiled its new SpaceShipTwo, its latest shuttle designed to more safely bring tourists on sub-orbital space flights.

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Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo vehicle

Published on Feb 19, 2016

Today, private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic showed off the new version of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. It’s the spaceplane the company will use to replace the old SpaceShipTwo, which crashed during a test flight in 2014. This new vehicle — called the VSS Unity — is basically identical to its predecessor, except for a few key changes meant to make it safer.

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Elevating Unity - Episode 1: Captive Carry

Published on Sep 9, 2016

On September 8, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo--VSS Unity--took to the skies for the first time. This is first ever flight of a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company.

In this video, Mike Moses--our Senior Vice President of Operations, and a NASA veteran who oversaw dozens of successful flights to space--helps explain this flight and how it fits into the context of our full testing program.