The sheriff’s office of Kern County, California has released information regarding the anomaly that led to the crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo on Friday, October 31. Although wreckage from the aircraft was initially located over a large, several mile area northeast of the town of Mojave, Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) spokesman Ray Pruitt said today that more pieces from the spacecraft […]
After exploring the cause of the crash for one week, safety experts suggested today that the Virgin Galactic test flight experienced structural failure, but this is not stopping the company from promoting its suborbital spaceflight. Investigation is ongoing for why the flight failed. This is a change because previous discussion had centered on an engine […]
In the aftermath of Virgin Galactic’s probable engine failure over the Mojave Desert, many are wondering what it meant, and what the impact of it will be on the state of space travel. Richard Branson took a few moments to answer a handful of questions from the media while he was in California, and his demeanor […]
