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July 28, 2015
Co-Pilot Triggered Failure, NTSB Says
SpaceShipTwo
The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has released video showing several angles of the doomed SpaceShipTwo flight, from initial separation from the White Knight carrier aircraft to the moment when the ‘feather’ was manually unlocked, too early in the flight, causing the accident.
SpaceShipTwo - Catastrophic Failure Moment Video
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Virgin Galactic shuttle crashes: http://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.ch/2014/10/virgin-galactic-shuttle-crashes.html
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For more information about National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), visit: http://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/default.aspx
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