Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket test launch fails
by Associated Press in Los Angeles from Science | The Guardian on (#53XFR)
Mission terminated early in flight over Pacific Ocean off coast of southern California
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has failed in its first test launch of a new rocket carried by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California.
The inaugural launch had appeared to be going well until moments after the rocket was dropped from beneath the left wing of the jumbo jet dubbed Cosmic Girl".
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