Tense Moments During Trailblazing Private Space Flight
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - In a mission that could herald a new era of space tourism, a privately built, three-person rocket ship flew to space and back today in a mission that frightened those who watched from the ground and on a live webcast.
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One of the ironies of Wednesdayâs flight of SpaceShipOne is that those who had the worst view of the flightâand the drama that unfolded during the ascentâwere the members of the media who came to report on the event.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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A flurry of space tourism milestones and announcements in recent days signals that human spaceflight is shifting from governments to the private sector, space experts say.
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Despite queasy start Anousheh Ansari said the trip up to the International Space Station (ISS) wasn't great fun, but that every moment since thenh as been fantastic. She described the first moment she saw Earth from the ISS as "beautiful and peaceful", something she would never forget.â¦
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LOS ANGELES - Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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The private sector joins the space community with a successful sub-orbital flight above the Mojave Desert.
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com September 29, 2004, 7:06 AM PT. MOJAVE, Calif.--A specialized plane carrying a suborbital spacecraft took off shortly before 7:15 am PDT in an attempt to complete the first phase in the race to privatize space travel.
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The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a 10 million (8.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA -- While SpaceShipOneâs wispy contrail from sky to space quickly vanished into the thin desert air here, Mondayâs flight at Mojave Spaceport left a solid line in the sand -- to create a &quot;new space age&quot; of personal space travel.
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Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S. space agency's latest spacecraft can run an entire mission by itself. By Amit Asaravala.
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Despite weather concerns and a small chunk of ice that threatened to delay the beginning of the shuttle Discoveryâs mission, everything seemed to fall into place.
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V, a Boeing official told a group of National Space Society members Friday in Huntsville. More than 300 people were at the event at the Sheraton hotel to discuss exploring space and the possibility of developing private space business.
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Burt Rutan isn&#39;t one to mince words. Just minutes after the world&#39;s first privately funded space craft touched down at the Mojave (Calif.
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MOJAVE, Calif. -- By the time test pilot Brian Binnie shut down the rocket engine on SpaceShipOne Monday morning, the view out his cockpit windows had turned from bright, desert blue to black.
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The space program may be troubled now, but it did produce some cutting-edge breakthroughs in astronaut comfort. Inside Lisa Nowakâs travel wear.
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Despite queasy start Anousheh Ansari said the trip up to the International Space Station (ISS) wasn't great fun, but that every moment since then has been fantastic. She described the first moment she saw Earth from the ISS as "beautiful and peaceful", something she would never forget.â¦