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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, butifeelok. ifeel 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. well, we can now speak to the space journalist and broadcaster kate arkless gray. ....

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