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Rocket motor fails to ignite on Virgin Galactic test flight

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In this photo provided by Virgin Orbit, a rocket is dropped from a Boeing 747 airplane flying above Edwards Air Force Base in California, Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

The "drop test," which did not involve firing the rocket motor, was part of a test of ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico.The spacecraft’s engine is supposed to ignite moments after the craft is released from a special carrier jet, sending it in a near-vertical climb toward the edge of space.“The ignition sequence for the rocket motor did not complete.

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