++THIS EDIT REPLACES EDIT NUMBER 6111 BY THE SAME NAME BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY SENT TO THE WRONG CLIENTS++<br/> <br />Newly released photos appear to show the deadly mid-air explosion of the Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship during a test flight on Friday.<br/> <br />A jet airplane had carried the craft into the sky for a high-altitude mid-air launch over the Mojave desert north of Los Angeles.<br/> <br />But moments after the spaceship separated from the plane, an explosion brought the test flight to a fiery end.<br/> <br />Escaping the blast, one pilot ejected and parachuted to the ground, surviving with serious injuries.<br/> <br />Another pilot's body was found in the wreckage.<br/> <br />Virgin's founder Richard Branson is set to meet with his space team near the crash site on Saturday.<br/> <br />He posted on his website: "Space is hard - but worth it."
