On 31 October 2014 , during a test flight , the first SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke up in flight and crashed in the Mojave desert . A preliminary investigation suggested that the craft 's descent device deployed too early the feathering system . One pilot was killed ; the other was treated for a serious shoulder injury after parachuting from the stricken spacecraft
broke up in flight and crashed
VSS Enterprise crash
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