and soul into this, and it s such a personaljourney for me as well. and my family were here. so, yeah, it was pretty, pretty rough. um, but i feel ok, i feel ok. and i think it lljust be a few days ofjust kind of letting it sink in a little bit. the data from the mission is now being analysed to work out exactly what went wrong. it s a well known saying that space is hard. the team, though, is certain they ll try again. but tonight wasn t their night. rebecca morelle, bbc news, spaceport, cornwall. kaya burgess is now with us, he s the science correspondent for the times newspaper and he s in cornwall for the launch. good to have you with us. such expectations around this, as there always are on launches. the result, sadly well short of the expectations. what was the experience like for you? there were hue experience like for you? there were huge crowds experience like for you? there were huge crowds and experience like for you? there were huge crowds and a experience like for yo
so this evening we had a first stage burn that took the rocket into space. but in effect, the second stage engine had a technical anomaly and didn t reach the required orbit. so that s now being part of an investigation by virgin orbit and a number of government departments. the jumbo jet returned to spaceport cornwall as planned, but it was upsetting news for the team there, who d spent nearly a decade trying to make this launch happen. just absolutely devastated. um, you know, we put our heart and soul into this, and it s such a personaljourney for me as well. and my family were here. so, yeah, it was pretty, pretty rough. um, but i feel ok, i feel ok. and i think it lljust be a few days ofjust kind of letting it sink in a little bit. the data from the mission is now being analysed to work out exactly what went wrong. it s a well known saying that space is hard. the team, though, is certain they ll try again. but tonight wasn t their night. rebecca morelle, bbc news, spaceport, cornw
so this evening we had a first stage burn that took the rocket into space. but in effect, the second stage engine had a technical anomaly and didn t reach the required orbit. so that s now being part of an investigation by virgin orbit and a number of government departments. the jumbo jet returned to spaceport cornwall as planned, but it was upsetting news for the team there, who d spent nearly a decade trying to make this launch happen. just absolutely devastated. um, you know, we put our heart and soul into this, and it s such a personaljourney for me as well. and my family were here. so, yeah, it was pretty, pretty rough. um, but i feel ok, i feel ok. and i think it lljust be a few days ofjust kind of letting it sink in a little bit. the data from the mission is now being analysed to work out exactly what went wrong. it s a well known saying that space is hard. the team, though, is certain they ll try again. but tonight wasn t their night. rebecca morelle, bbc news, spaceport, cornw
to open space for everyone. 2,000 people came to watch, ready to see what they thought would be a moment of history. but it wasn t to be. the rocket called launcherone fired its engines after it was released from the plane. but then this. it appears that launcherone has suffered an anomaly which will prevent us from making orbit for this mission. a second engine burn had failed. the mission was over. just absolutely devastated. you know, we put our heart and soul into this, and it s such a personal journey for me as well. and my family were here. so, yeah, it was pretty, pretty rough. but i feel ok, i feel ok. and i think it willjust be a few days ofjust kind of letting it sink in a little bit. nine small satellites were on board the rocket, including this one from a cardiff based start up called space forge. all were lost. as much as we didn t get to orbit, the project for us hasn t been a waste. we ve learnt a great deal. not only were we able to do that, but it gave the team a real
the rocket into space. but in effect, the second stage engine had a technical anomaly and didn t reach the required orbit. so that s now being part of an investigation by virgin orbit and a number of government departments. the jumbo jet returned to spaceport cornwall as planned, but it was upsetting news for the team there, who d spent nearly a decade trying to make this launch happen. just absolutely devastated. um, you know, we put our heart and soul into this, and it s such a personaljourney for me as well. and my family were here. so, yeah, it was pretty, pretty rough. um, but i feel ok, i feel ok. and i think it lljust be a few days ofjust kind of letting it sink in a little bit. the data from the mission is now being analysed to work out exactly what went wrong. it s a well known saying that space is hard. the team, though, is certain they ll try again. but tonight wasn t their night. rebecca morelle, bbc news, spaceport, cornwall. in the last few minutes virgin orbit has releas