The New Mexico Spaceport Authority issued the following statement regarding the SpaceShipTwo mishap:

“The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is greatly saddened by the events surrounding the Scaled Composites powered flight test of SpaceShipTwo today at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the crew and families and to our friends and colleagues at Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic. We will continue to work with and lend our support to Virgin Galactic through this tragedy and in the coming months as we move forward.”

 Any questions about Virgin Galactic and their program need to be directed to VirginGalacticPress@edelman.com.