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Friday, October 31, 2014Area:
Bakersfield, CASpaceShipTwo, a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, exploded Friday after taking off on a test flight, killing one person aboard and seriously injuring another. Wreckage was scattered across Southern California's Mojave Desert. One person parachuted out of the craft. A witness said the rocket exploded after a plane designed to take it to a higher altitude released SpaceShiptTwo, and the craft ignited its rocket motor.