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This handout file image obtained October 31, 2014, courtesy of NASA and Mars Scientific/Clay Center Observatory shows SpaceShipTwo as it completed its second powered flight on September 5,2013 over the Mojave desert. The surviving pilot of the Virgin Galactic spaceship which crashed last month did not know that his co-pilot had prematurely unlocked a key system on the craft, investigators said November 12, 2014. Peter Siebold told them that his parachute deployed automatically after he unbuckled himself as the disintegrating plane hurtled towards the ground on September 31 over the Mojave Desert in California. His co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, died in the accident shortly after mistakenly unlocking a so-called "feathering" system designed to slow the aircraft down during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The SpaceShipTwo broke up a few seconds after being dropped from its mothership, the WhiteKnightTwo, which had carried it up to an altitude of about 45,000 feet (13,700 meters). "According to the pilot, he was unaware that the feather system had been unlocked early by the co-pilot." said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in an update on its investigation. AFP PHOTO/NASA/Mars Scientific/Clay Center Observatory /HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO HANDOUT-NASA/Mars Scientific/Clay Center Observatory"/ NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS/ – NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / =
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