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VideoNTSB provides timeline of SpaceShipTwo mishap
Just 13 seconds after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo began a rocket-powered test flight -- and just five seconds after its innovative aero-braking system was inadvertently deployed at supersonic speeds -- the spaceplane apparently broke up, killing one pilot and injuring another, according to a National Transportation Safety Board timeline.
VideoFleet of Mars probes set to observe comet flyby
An international fleet of five Mars orbiters and two rovers will have ringside seats when a mountain-size comet streaks by on Oct. 19, passing within a scant 87,000 miles of the red planet at a blistering 126,000 mph.