X Prize try today may set history
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A maverick California company is poised to launch a bid today to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize, a global competition expected to spur a &quot;personal spaceflight revolution.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space...
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As we reach for the stars, are there opportunities for investors in the new space race?
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WHAT&#39;s the prize beneath the cap of that soft drink bottle? A trip into space. It may sound far-fetched - if not a little crass â-ut the commercialisation of the final frontier began in earnest yesterday
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Someday, we may see Wednesday as being one of the most important dates in the history of aviation. The flight of &quot;SpaceShipOne,&quot; however, seemed almost routine - at least until one thought about how miraculous it was.
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A series of X-Prizes for the scientific or technological breakthroughs that tackle the most important challenges facing humans are being planned.
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Innovators take note: The folks behind the X Prize vow there will soon be more competitions in several disciplines. Also: The da Vinci team presses ahead in Canada.... Rubicon team plans another launch attempt. By Dan Brekke.
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A team of entrepreneurs will try to blast a rocket plane into space Wednesday in the first of two flights required to win the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million award aiming to boost commercial space travel.
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Several St. Louis business people were on hand Wednesday to witness SpaceShipOne&#39;s first attempt in its effort to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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The X PRIZE Cup announced today that tickets are officially on sale to the public for the spectacular two-day festival dedicated to the future of space exploration. The event will be held live in Las Cruces International Airport in southern New Mexico on October 20 and 21, 2006.
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On Monday, 47 years to the day after the Russians launched the worldâs first satellite Sputnik, Mojave Aerospace, a private space company, will attempt to win the Ansari X Prize with their second launch in less than a week and demonstrate to the world
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NASA is hoping to break new speed records later today when it will set loose its third X-43A &quot;scramjet&#39;&#39; over the Pacific Ocean.
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The X PRIZE Foundation announced today a new education competition designed to cultivate interest and excitement in the fields of space, science and technology.
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The X Prize Foundation, famous for its 2004 Ansari award aimed at encouraging private space travel, offered 10 million dollars to the team of researchers able to develop technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days.
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The Burt Rutan/Paul Allen private spacecraft is on the brink of nabbing the $10 million X Prize. But that&#39;s just the start. The $10 million X Prize is almost in the bank.
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The rolling experienced by SpaceShipOne on its first Ansari X Prize flight on Wednesday will not jeopardise the team&#39;s chances of winning the $10 million purse, team members said in a post-flight briefing.
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After a day spent reviewing its spectacular but wild spaceflight Wednesday, aerospace visionary Burt Rutan&#39;s team is sticking to its plan to try to capture the Ansari X Prize with a second launch on Monday.