SpaceShipOne halfway to X-Prize
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SpaceShipOne, the privately built manned rocket aiming to claim the 10 million USD X-Prize, has completed the first of two qualifying flights, and is scheduled to attempt the winning second flight on 4 October, despite some technical concerns.
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Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by SpaceShipOne&#39;s dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take
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SpaceShipOne&#39;s successful flights did more than win $10 million - they proved to the world that space is open for all humanity.
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Oct. 4 - A group of private citizens in California are hoping to make another giant leap for mankind. SpaceShipOne has already made it to space and back.
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SpaceShipOne, on a quest to win $10 million, spun unexpectedly as it rocketed toward space Wednesday, but apparently went into space for the second time.
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On Wednesday September 29, a private company in California plans to launch a craft known as SpaceShipOne into near-earth orbit in an attempt to win the so-called &quot;Ansari X-Prize.
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SpaceShipOne, the world&#39;s first privately built manned spacecraft, blasted into space for the second time in less than a week on Monday to claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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SpaceShipOne, financed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen and built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, rocketed 62 miles over the California desert, completing the first half of
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MOJAVE (California) - SpaceShipOne, a privately built three-seat rocket plane, punched into space yesterday, moving a step closer to a US$10 million (S$17 million) civilian space prize.
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MOJAVE, Calif. The builders of SpaceShipOne are trying to decide whether to proceed with another flight into space next week to win the 10 (m) million dollar X Prize.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what paying passengers can expect when they travel into space.
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SpaceShipOne, a stubby, three-seat rocket plane, hurtled to a height of 111,996m, surpassing its target altitude without the heart-stopping barrel rolls that vexed the craft&#39;s qualifying flight last week.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne landed safely on  Wednesday in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like  ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a $10 million  prize intended to boost commercial-space travel.
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(CBS/AP) SpaceShipOne was set to return to space Wednesday, in nearly a carbon copy of its historic flight in June, when it became the first privately-funded manned vehicle to go into space.
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The owners of SpaceShipOne are just one flight away from claiming a $10 million prize for putting a privately funded manned craft into space.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne, a three-seat  rocket plane with stubby wings and a nose studded with round  windows, lifted off from the wind-swept Mojave desert on  Wednesday in a bid to win a $10-million prize to spur  commercial space travel.
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The second attempt by the rocketplane SpaceShipOne to soar into space and snag    the &#36;10 million Ansari X Prize is planned for Monday, officials announced last    night.