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Officials ID Pilot Killed In Space Tourism Crash
MOJAVE (AP) — California authorities have identified the pilot killed during a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s prototype space tourism rocket over the Mojave Desert. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the pilot was 39-year-old Michael Tyner Alsbury of Tehachapi, California. Alsbury worked for Scaled Composites, the company developing the spaceship for billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism company. The pilot who survived Friday’s crash has not been identified. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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