Private rocket plane SpaceShipOne lands in California
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SpaceShipOne completed the first leg of its bid for a $10-million civilian space prize above the Mojave California desert on Wednesday.
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A beefed-up motor will boost the power of a rocket vying for the $10 million human space flight prize. SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded craft to carry a person to the edge of space in June.
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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 has completed its second suborbital flight in five days, securing the $10 million Ansari X Prize. SpaceShipOne is the first privately built, manned vehicle to reach space.
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MOJAVE, Calif. The SpaceShipOne aircraft is one flight away from clinching the Ansari X Prize, a 10-(m)million-dollar award for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space twice within 14 days.
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On October 4, 2004, SpaceShipOne rocketed into history, becoming the first private manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 328,000 feet twice within the span of a 14 day period, thus claiming the ten million dollar 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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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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The American private rocket SpaceShipOne completed another successful space flight to clinch a Â£5.6 million prize for the first commercial, manned craft to reach sub-orbital space twice in two weeks.
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Led by Burt Rutan, the designers of SpaceShipOne -- the first privately manned rocket to enter outer space -- received a 150-pound trophy along with a check for $10 million Saturday.
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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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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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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
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Rocket plane SpaceShipOne is to attempt a second space flight on Monday in a bid to clinch the $10m Ansari X-Prize. Judges officially confirmed that pilot Mike Melvill took the craft to 103km (64 miles) on Wednesday&#39;s first flight.
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The privately-funded craft SpaceShipOne has completed a flight into space after an airborne launch above the California desert. The flight will bring the spaceship crew the $10 million 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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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.