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Law enforcement officials take a closer look at the wreckage near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif. Saturday, Nov 1, 2014. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured Ringo H.W. Chiu, Associated Press
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In this undated photo released Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, by Scaled Composites, shows Peter Siebold, the Director of Flight Operations at Scaled Composites. Associated Press
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In this undated photo released Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, by Scaled Composites, shows Michael Alsbury, who was killed while co-piloting the test flight of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Associated Press

By Associated Press

MOJAVE, Calif. — The test pilot who survived the crash of Virgin Galactic's prototype space tourism rocket in the California desert has been identified.

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the pilot is 43-year-old Peter Siebold and he is to undergo surgery. There were no other details on his condition Saturday.

The other pilot in Friday's ill-fated test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo was killed. He has been identified as 39-year-old Michael Alsbury.

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A National Transportation Safety Board team arrived in Mojave, California, early Saturday to begin investigating.

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