Photos: Test Flight of Virgin Galactic Spaceship Ends in Fatal Crash

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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, right, during a test flight (10/31). The Virgin Galactic rocket that exploded during a test flight, killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. AP/Kenneth Brown

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Sheriffs' deputies look at wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California (11/2). A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other, officials said. REUTERS/David McNew

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Sheriff's deputies look at a piece of debris near the crash site of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California (11/1). Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson said on Saturday he was working with U.S. authorities to determine what caused a passenger spaceship being developed by his space tourism company to crash in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Scale Composites inspect wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California (11/1). Federal officials said on Saturday a great deal of evidence may exist to help investigators pinpoint what caused the Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. REUTERS/David McNew

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Sheriffs' deputies look at wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near a broken down house near Cantil, California (11/2). A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other, officials said. REUTERS/David McNew

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In this April 29, 2013 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. AP/Virgin Galactic, Mark Greenberg

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