Mike Alsbury, 39, died when Virgin Galactic's prototype reusable space plane apparently broke apart in midair over the Mojave Desert during a test... Michael Alsbury, the co-pilot killed during a test ...

Virgin Galactic Scaled Composites pilot Mike Alsbury will be among the names added to the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex after a unanimous decision by the Astronaut ...

The NTSB concluded that Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo disintegrated due to premature unlocking of the feather system by the co-pilot, Michael Alsbury. Alsbury's action was attributed to time pressure ...

Michael Tyner Alsbury 1975 – 2014 Resident of Tehachapi, CA Mike Alsbury, 39, passed away last Friday, October 31, 2014. He died in the crash of SpaceShipTwo near the Mojave airport. Mike was born ...

A name has been added to the U.S. national memorial for fallen astronauts, honoring the first commercial spacecraft pilot to die in the pursuit of opening spaceflight to the public. Michael Alsbury ...

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash was caused by copilot Michael Alsbury prematurely unlocking the feathering re-entry system, leading to the tailboom deploying uncommanded and the spacecraft ...

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — The pilot killed in a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s prototype space tourism rocket was as capable behind the controls of experimental aircraft as he was tackling technical ...

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson, who yesterday claimed he had never met Michael Alsbury, has clarified his comments - recalling a brief meeting with the tragic co-pilot last year. The business tycoon ...