SpaceShipOne survives a scare
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MOJAVE, Calif. -- SpaceShipOne corkscrewed its way into space yesterday, succeeding in its first of two runs for the $10 million X Prize, but not before prompting the event&#39;s otherwise effusive commentator to drop an octave and utter, &quot;Uh-oh.
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MOJAVE (California) - SpaceShipOne, a privately built three-seat rocket plane, punched into space yesterday, moving a step closer to a US$10 million (S$17 million) civilian space prize.
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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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Designer Burt Rutan&#39;s SpaceShipOne cracked through Earth&#39;s atmosphere and into outer space Sept. 29. Pilot Mike Mevill guided the aircraft to an altitude of 102,870 meters.
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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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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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Members of the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team: (from left) Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, pilot Brian Binnie and Richard Branson celebrate with champagne after SpaceShipOne&#39;s second suborbital flight in early October.
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Now that SpaceShipOne has proved private companies can reach space, the next hurdle is finding investors -- an even more difficult task. By Dan Brekke.
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The only private team to send a person to space expects to make one more flight on Monday to claim a $10 million prize. SpaceShipOne flew to 337,500 feet on Wednesday despite an unexpected roll during its rocket firing.
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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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The countdown to the conclusion of the privately funded race for space is producing some last-minute surprises, with a key competitor postponing its bid just days before its scheduled flight.
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The owners of SpaceShipOne are just one flight away from claiming a $10 million prize for putting a privately funded manned craft into space.
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SpaceShipOne&#39;s successful flights did more than win $10 million - they proved to the world that space is open for all humanity.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne landed safely on  Wednesday in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like  ascent into space in a shot for a $10 million prize offered to  the first privately funded, manned craft to reach beyond the  atmosphere.
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SpaceShipOne completed the first leg of its bid for a &#36;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 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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Investors should not underestimate this latest space race.