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![This three image combo photo shows the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separating from the carrier aircraft, left, prior to it exploding in the air, during a test flight.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287793-1-11-2014-vir-gh10-o.jpg)
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![The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separates from the carrier aircraft prior to it exploding in the air during a test flight. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287792-1-11-2014-vir-gh9-o.jpg)
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![The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separates from the carrier aircraft prior to it exploding in the air during a test flight. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287791-1-11-2014-vir-gh8-o.jpg)
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![This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287790-1-11-2014-vir-gh7-o.jpg)
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![This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287789-1-11-2014-vir-gh6-o.jpg)
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![The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separates from the carrier aircraft prior to it exploding in the air during a test flight. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287788-1-11-2014-vir-gh5-o.jpg)
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![The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separates from the carrier aircraft prior to it exploding in the air during a test flight. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287787-1-11-2014-vir-gh4-o.jpg)
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![The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket explodes in the air during a test flight. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287786-1-11-2014-vir-gh3-o.jpg)
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![File photo provided by Virgin Galactic shows Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo under rocket power, over Mojave, Calif. Virgin Galactic has reported an unspecified problem during a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287785-1-11-2014-vir-gh2-o.jpg)
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![File photo shows British entrepreneur Richard Branson at the Virgin Galactic hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. Branson is headed to California's Mojave Desert after a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded and crashed, killing one person and seriously injuring another.](https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2014/11/01/287784-1-11-2014-vir-gh1-o.jpg)