Man gets 2nd chance at space ride
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A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.
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Tehachapi resident Michael Melvill, pilot of SpaceShipOne, made a second successful flight into space on the morning of Sept. 29 to vie for the $10 million prize in the Ansari XPrize competition.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Nearly 40 astronauts on Friday became the first to ride aboard a NASA tourist attraction that recreates a ride aboard the space shuttle.
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Despite threatening weather, NASA has decided to go for a second attempt to launch the shuttle Discovery tonight.
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Would you buy a used spaceship from this guy? How about a few spare parts to pimp your rocket?
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After flying successfully three times in space, SpaceShipOne is in demand as an alternative way to fly people and small payloads to suborbital space.
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Emsworth&#39;s Mike Fincke returns to Earth on Saturday, six months after leaving for the space voyage he had dreamed of since he was a young boy.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - The world's first privately  funded manned spacecraft soared through the blue fringe of  Earth's atmosphere to the blackened frontiers of space on  Monday for the second time within a week to win a $10 million  prize designed to spur commercial space travel.
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A private space plane is set to shoot beyond Earth&#39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week on Monday in a pioneering bid to win a $10 million prize and prove that space is open for business.
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When a privately built rocket plane soared into space earlier this month, astronaut wannabes were giddy with the hope that they&#39;d finally make it off the planet.
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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA asked an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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Holding a US flag he carried into space, SpaceShipOne pilot Brian Binnie salutes the crowd as a band plays the National Anthem as the spacecraft is towed down a taxiway after soaring into space in its quest to win the Ansari X Prize at Mojave, Calif
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne, the world'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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Blog: Space Adventures says it's booked two added passenger seats for orbital flights on the Russian Soyuz rocket in the coming years, upping its commitment in the tourist space-flight market.
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Mr. Raider is eager to hear cheers from the Black Hole one more time.
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Pilot Mike Melvill flew SpaceShipOne to the designated altitude, but on the return to Earth the craft rolled more than 30 times, causing concern on the ground.
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Traveling in space has been a desire for many since ages. Nevertheless, it only seems to be coming true in this millennium. Even though we are still years away from mass scale space tourism, the enthusiasm