Private rocketship goes to space and back
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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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A private space plane is set to  shoot beyond Earth'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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It was billionaire Paul Allen's &#36;20 million that allowed Burt Rutan to build SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed manned rocket to reach space.
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A new inflatable, unmanned test module for a proposed private space station was launched into orbit Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the U.S. company developing the technology said.
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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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A flurry of space tourism milestones and announcements in recent days signals that human spaceflight is shifting from governments to the private sector, space experts say.
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The private rocket ship SpaceShipOne traveled into space and back today for the second time in five days, and was declared the winner of a $10 million prize.
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(CBS/AP) 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 prize.
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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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A stubby rocket plane touched down safely in the Mojave desert yesterday to claim a dual prize: the first private, crewed spacecraft to fly two successful missions within
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - It was billionaire Paul Allen&#39;s $20 million that allowed Burt Rutan to build SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed manned rocket to reach space.
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The creator of  the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space traveled to New York to show detailed models of a new bigger, model.
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Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - Human    flight took a significant step forward today as the privately built SpaceShipOne    flew into suborbital space for the second time in five days, apparently securing    the &#36;10 million Ansari X Prize.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what paying passengers can expect when they travel into space.
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By JOHN ANTCZAK     LONG BEACH, Calif.  -- It was billionaire Paul Allen's $20 million that allowed Burt Rutan to build SpaceShipOne, the first privately financed manned rocket to reach space...
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The creator of the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space showed models of a new, bigger version.