| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N339SS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Scaled Composites 339 SpaceShipTwo |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Scaled Composites 339 SpaceShipTwo |
| Aircraft Version: | Scaled Composites 339 SpaceShipTwo |
| C/n (msn): | 001 |
| Operator Titles: | Virgin Galactic |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Mojave - Air and Space PortMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KMHV IATA: MHV Local: MHV Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 17 November 2010 |
| Photo by: | Gerhard Plomitzer |
| Photo ID: | 191768 |
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After its third successful unpowered flight SpaceShipTwo is being towed back to the hangar. Unfortunately on October 31, 2014, the VSS Enterprise, a SpaceShipTwo experimental spaceflight test vehicle operated by Virgin Galactic, suffered a catastrophic in-flight breakup during a test flight and crashed in the Mojave Desert near Cantil, California. One pilot was killed and the other seriously injured. This photo is copyright © Gerhard Plomitzer, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 December 2019, and has since been viewed 1278 times. |