PRIVATE ROCKETSHIP TO SPACE AND BACK
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The advent of space tourism is one step closer with the safe return this week of a private manned rocketship from âthe edge of spaceâ.
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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...
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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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: MOJAVE, United States ( A private manned rocketship blasted through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere into space after a hair-raising corkscrew ascent on a flight aimed at capturing a 10-million-dollar prize.
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Monday&#39;s triumphant second flight of SpaceShipOne is a perfect example of private business taking up where government left off and improving an idea.
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Get fun facts on SpaceShipOne, the first privately built manned spacecraft. For starters, the ship burns a mixture of rubber and laughing gas.
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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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SpaceShipOne, the world&#39;s first privately funded manned spacecraft, on Monday reached space for the second time in less than a week to win a $10 million prize designed to spur commercial space travel.
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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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MOJAVE, Calif. - A privately owned rocket won a $10 million competition with its streak into space, and the event&#39;s success has sparked the creation of an annual competition that will test rockets in categories such as altitude, range and payload.
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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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The private sector joins the space community with a successful sub-orbital flight above the Mojave Desert.
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Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.
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The designers of the first privately manned rocket to burst into space have received a $US10 million ($A13 million) cheque, a prize designed to encourage technology that will open the heavens to tourists.
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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A private rocket ship shot into space on Monday morning and won a coveted $10 million aviation prize for its creators. SpaceShipOne, the sleek combination of rocket and glider designed by