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The shocking moment Richard Branson's spaceship exploded at 45,000ft above the Mojave desert

This is the moment Sir Richard Branson's spaceship exploded at 45,000ft during a test flight that went disastrously wrong.

Sir Richard has said he will persevere with his space tourism venture following the death of a pilot killed when a rocket crashed during the flight in California.

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