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Paul Stenhouse: Branson's spaceship grounded

Author
Paul Stenhouse,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Sep 2021, 11:23AM
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Paul Stenhouse: Branson's spaceship grounded

Author
Paul Stenhouse,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Sep 2021, 11:23AM

Richard Branson's spaceship has been grounded  

It turns out the test flight wasn't as successful as we thought it was.  

The New Yorker reports that after the craft detached and was blasting off to space traveling at twice the speed of sound, the onboard pilots got yellow and red warning lights to indicate the spaceship wasn't vertical enough to make it back to earth safely. The plane uses the momentum of the accent to then set it up for its glide back to the runway on earth. The FAA says the plane veered outside its approved airspace for over a minute. They're now investigating,  

Their first revenue generating mission, with the Italian Air Force, is now on hold. 
 
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