Details about the anomaly weren’t immediately released.
Virgin Galactic has planned for years to sell trips in which SpaceShipTwo transports passengers about 62 miles above Earth — the beginning of outer space — and let them experience a few minutes of weightlessness before returning to ground. Friday’s test flight began in Mojave, California, the company said.
It’s the second incident in a week involving the commercial space industry.
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