LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Fri Oct 31 2014

Virgin Galactic

VSS Enterprise PF04

Launch Failure

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

SpaceShipTwo

Description:

The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Test Flight
Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise. Unintended feathering destroyed the vehicle in-flight, killed one pilot and injured the other.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Pad

Mojave Air and Space Port