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‘Lost connection’ hampers HEALTH

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AN and PAUL DAVENPORT glide and within seconds
Associated Press the rocket motor would be This photo provided by Virgin Galactic, Virgin Galactic’s San Nicolas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) fired and the spaceship’s SpaceShipTwo Unity, attached to mothership, VMS Eve, takes Imsan 24 hours
— A Virgin Galactic test nose pitched to a near-ver- off on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 at Spaceport America in southern Tel.524 8833
flight Saturday ended pre- tical climb. New Mexico. Women in Difficulties
maturely as the space- The suborbital flights are Associated Press PHARMACY ON DUTY
craft’s rocket motor failed designed to reach an al- ditions. The spaceship was team will involve company Oranjestad:
to ignite and it then glided titude of at least 50 miles crewed by two pilots. There mission specialists and en- Eagle Tel. 587 9011
down safely to its landing (80.5 kilometers) before was payload belonging to gineers being loaded into San Nicolas:
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ico. The spacecraft’s en- off and the crew prepares sengers. cabin for powered flights. OTHER
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“After being released from been cleared for a morn- next phase of final test-
its mothership, the space- ing launch amid clear con- ing for the Virgin Galactic Police 100
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period that began with an
announcement that the
spacecraft was “go for re-
lease” from the carrier air-
craft after reaching high
altitude.
The release of the space-
craft from the aircraft usu-
ally occurs at about 50,000
feet (15.2 kilometers). At
that point, the space-