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Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crashes During Test Flight

Benjamin ZhangOct 31, 2014, 23:55 IST

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 has reportedly crashed in the Mojave Desert after suffering what the company called "an in-flight anomaly."

Two pilots were reportedly aboard the ship during the test flight.

NBC News has reported that a witness saw an inflight explosion as well as a debris field in the desert.

Virgin Galactic has announced via Twitter that SpaceShip2 suffered a serious anomaly during a powered test flight conducted by the company's partners at Scaled Composites that resulted in the loss of the spacecraft.

The status of the pilots are unknown at this time.

The space exploration company, which was started by Richard Branson, tweeted:

We'll update this post as we know more.