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         Sub-Orbital Virgin Atlantic Spaceship Crashes in Mojave Desert

   by Reuters

   A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's
   Virgin Galactic crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave
   Air and Space Port in California, officials said.

   Two pilots were aboard the spaceship, which was undergoing its first
   powered test flight since January.

   It was not immediately known if they were able to parachute to safety.

   On Tuesday, Orbital Sciences suffered a high-profile rocket launch
   explosion after liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia.
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