SpaceShipOne halfway to 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 pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what fare-paying passengers can expect when they take their ride into space.
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So far, one entrant, SpaceShipOne of California, seems likely to win the prize for a successful manned spacecraft launch. But three other teams say they're still in the running. By Dan Brekke.
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(CBS/AP) SpaceShipOne was set to return to space Wednesday, in nearly a carbon copy of its historic flight in June, when it became the first privately-funded manned vehicle to go into space.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - SpaceShipOne is one flight away from clinching the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million award for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space twice within 14 days...
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne landed safely on  Wednesday in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like  ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a $10 million  prize intended to boost commercial-space travel.
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Despite a spectacular series of unplanned barrel rolls, SpaceShipOne completes the first of two compulsory flights that could net its developers the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California.
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The age of commercial space flight officially begins Monday as SpaceShipOne completes its second successful flight into space to capture the Ansari X Prize. It's $10 million to the developers, who look forward to a bright future ahead. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California.
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A Canadian team vying for the $10 million X Prize is scrounging for parts, while the heavy favorite, Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, is ready for a launch next week. By Dan Brekke.
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On Wednesday September 29, a private company in California plans to launch a craft known as SpaceShipOne into near-earth orbit in an attempt to win the so-called &quot;Ansari X-Prize.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - SpaceShipOne, a three-seat  rocket plane with stubby wings and a nose studded with round  windows, lifted off from the wind-swept Mojave desert on  Wednesday in a bid to win a $10-million prize to spur  commercial space travel.
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SpaceShipOne will today attempt to reach an altitude of 100km for the second time in less than a fortnight, and thereby claim the $10m X-Prize for the first private space vehicle to accomplish the feat.
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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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After an unprecedented span of just five days, SpaceShipOne is ready for a return trip to space on Monday, its final flight to clinch a $10 million prize.
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SpaceShipOne is just one flight away from claiming the Ansari X-Prize, a $10m award designed to kick-start private space travel.
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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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After an unplanned &quot;victory roll&quot; as SpaceShipOne climbed to more than 63 miles above Earth, civilian astronaut Mike Melvill glided the rocket plane to a safe landing Wednesday, putting his team in the lead to capture the $10 million Ansari X Prize