Private Rocket Ship Lands in California After Flight
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne completed the first  leg of its bid for a $10-million civilian space prize with a  wild corkscrew-like ascent into space above the California  desert on Wednesday.
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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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An inflatable spacecraft designed as part of a project to put a hotel in space has successfully entered Earth's orbit.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - A privately built rocket plane  and its mother ship lifted off into clear skies above the  Mojave Desert on Monday in a bid to win a $10 million prize for  the first commercially viable manned spacecraft.
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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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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A commercial   rocket packed with cargo blasted off from a desert launch range   in New Mexico on Monday, ushering in what the organizers hope   will be a new era of cheap public access to space.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - A privately built rocket plane  will try to blast out of the atmosphere over the Mojave Desert  on Monday for the second time in less than a week to win a $10  million prize for the first commercially viable manned  spacecraft.
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SpaceShipOne hopes to go two for two. The spacecraft is scheduled for launch early tomorrow from California. At stake is a tenmillion-dollar prize being offered for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space twice within 14 days.
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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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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 22 Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis broke orbit on Friday to begin a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere for a landing in California's Mojave Desert.
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Space  shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California  on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth&#39;s atmosphere  that capped a two-week mission to the International Space  Station.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere that capped a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - U.S. space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Friday after a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere that capped a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
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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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A test pilot took a privately funded rocket to space and is now starting back, setting the stage to win a $10 million prize.
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In a blistering, heart-pounding flight that briefly appeared to be in jeopardy, a privately built spacecraft safely returned to Earth after soaring to the edge of space over the Mojave desert in California yesterday.
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MOJAVE, CALIF. - A privately built and operated spacecraft roared out of the atmosphere on Wednesday with a historic flight that brings the team one step closer to winning a $10-million US prize.