The spaceship Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, crashed Friday in the Mojave Desert in California. This was a test flight of the shuttle. The plane dubbed "WhiteKnightTwo" that carried hooked under her wings, "landed safely," says Virgin. According to the company, the ship suffered a "flight anomaly". The fate of the two pilots remains unknown. According to local police, at least one person was killed and another injured in the crash.
The aim of the project is Virgin Galactic to fly tourists to the edge of space. Hundreds of people have already made reservations for a suborbital flight a few minutes of weightlessness aboard SpaceShipTwo, making an advance payment on the $ 200,000 that is the ticket.
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