epa04471518 (FILE) A file handout photo obtained on 11 Octobert 2010 from Virgin Galactic shows SpaceShip2 (VSS Enterprise) as it glides toward Earth on its first test flight after release from the mothership, ‘WhiteKnight2’ (VMS Eve) over the Mojave Desert in California, USA, 10 October 2010. Virgin Galactic’s private SpaceShipTwo craft has crashed in California’s Mojave Desert and the status of two pilots is unknown, the company says on 31 October 2014. EPA/MARK GREENBERG / VIRGIN GALACTIC / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES *** Local Caption *** 02388006