FAA grounds Virgin Galactic amid spaceflight 'mishap' probe

Space Daily

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Washington DC (UPI) Sep 2, 2021

The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it grounded Virgin Galactic amid an investigation of its July launch into space, which went off trajectory. The agency said the VSS Unity, a SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, deviated from its course as it returned to Spaceport America in New Mexico on July 11. "Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the

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