Virgin spaceship crashes, fate of pilots unknown (Update)

Friday, October 31, 2014 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

UPDATE: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo craft crashed Friday after getting into difficulties during a test flight over California and the fate of two pilots is unknown, the company said

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