Bumpy ride for a private rocket ship
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MOJAVE, California A test pilot returned successfully to Earth on Wednesday after a foray into space that was marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds and he had to fight to regain control.
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Vibrations in NASAâs new rocket may cause severe, perhaps fatal, injuries.
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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 &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.
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A stubby rocket plane touched down safely in the Mojave desert yesterday to claim a dual prize: the first private, crewed spacecraft to fly two successful missions within
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The $10 million Ansari X Prize is offered to the first private company to fly a rocket carrying either three humans -- or a pilot and the equivalent weight of two passengers -- to at least the
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The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere on Wednesday in a bid to earn the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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A privately built rocket plane has won a 10 million US dollar prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft. Space Ship One has touched down in a US desert after
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Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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LOS ANGELES -- The historic suborbital flights of SpaceShipOne have ignited interest in space tourism, but the budding industry and federal regulators must still resolve questions ranging from ensuring the safety of people on the ground to informing
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The Decatur build Delta 4 Heavy rocket has apparently hit a little snag. The rocket&#39;s engines didn&#39;t fire as long as it was supposed to and the dummy satellite it was carrying missed it&#39;s intended orbit.
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The U.S. team that took the first privately funded, manned ship into space makes a bid to capture a &#36;10 million prize this week -- signaling that commercial space travel has nearly arrived.
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A private space rocket launched from New Mexico malfunctions before it reaches space.
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The first privately financed manned rocket to fly into space has been named Time magazine&#39;s âInvention of the Year.&#39;&#39;.
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LOS ANGELES - A private spacecraft is to shoot beyond Earth&#39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week today in a bid to win a US$10 million ($15 million) prize and prove that space is open for business.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - The first private manned rocket recovered from a wild corkscrew roll on its ascent to soar to space and back Wednesday in a bid to earn a $10 million prize...