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The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s spaceship after flight deviation

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From Ars Technica:
"The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it has grounded Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle until the agency completes an investigation into the vehicle's flight outside its designated air space."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09 ... deviation/

Hmmm...

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smp wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:38 pm From Ars Technica:
"The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it has grounded Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle until the agency completes an investigation into the vehicle's flight outside its designated air space."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09 ... deviation/

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Re: The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s spaceship after flight deviation

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Another article from SpaceNews.com:
"FAA grounds SpaceShipTwo after problem on July flight"

https://spacenews.com/faa-grounds-space ... ly-flight/

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Another article from the BBC:
"Virgin Galactic flights grounded over Branson spaceflight 'mishap'"

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58421796

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