Credit: Virgin Orbit
Everything with Virgin Orbit’s first LauncherOne orbital test launch on May 25 was going according to plan until, just seconds into its flight, the first-stage engine unexpectedly shut down, dooming the rocket to an ignominious plunge into the Pacific Ocean. Yet despite the rocket’s loss, the space...
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