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Friday, October 31, 2014
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket exploded during a test flight over the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket exploded during a test flight over the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket exploded during a test flight over the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Debris from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket is shown following an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Debris from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket is shown following an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Debris from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket is shown following an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Debris from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket is shown following an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Debris from Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket is shown following an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
A rescue team is shown at the scene where Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
A rescue team is shown at the scene where Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
A rescue team is shown at the scene where Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two space tourism rocket crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Yellow tape ropes off the scene where Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Yellow tape ropes off the scene where Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket exploded during a test flight over the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Ken Brown

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket was involved in an accident in the Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

VIDEO: Crash site of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

Watch exclusive video of the moments following the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo accident on Friday.

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