Unlikely Visionary Behind Race to Space
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SpaceShipOne visionary Peter Diamandis wasn't thinking about history as he stood in the Mojave desert and watched a small, shuttlecock-shaped craft glide back to Earth having nudged the edge of space. He just thought it looked beautiful.
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An astronomer at Penn State University is not certain whether the latest discovery in outer space is a planet or a failed star.
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Investors should not underestimate this latest space race.
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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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By ALICIA CHANG  LOS ANGELES - 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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Mojave, Calif.âIn a spectacular flight that opened a new window to space - and the imagination â-paceShipOne rocketed to victory in the international Ansari X Prize competition yesterday.
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The pilot and designer of a private rocket plane say they are confident it could return next week to the sky in a quest to claim a multimillion-dollar prize, despite a harrowing flight
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SpaceShipOne, on a quest to win $10 million, spun unexpectedly as it rocketed toward space Wednesday, but apparently went into space for the second time.
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ONE of Americaâs greatest unsung heroes, an astronaut who touched the stars yet barely scraped the surface of public recognition, is to retire.
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL -- It's a whole different kind of launch countdown: More than eight years and . . . still counting for many NASA astronauts who have done everything except, you know, fly in space. For example, consider Lee Archambault, a 20-year Air Force test pilot and longtime astronaut.
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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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As a girl, Bonnie Dunbar dreamed of building and flying her own space ships. She's done both, but the five-mission shuttle astronaut turned Museum of Flight president and CEO still gets excited about space.
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A recent article in New Scientist magazine, entitled â Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away,â implies that the UC Berkeley SETI@home project has uncovered a very convincing candidate
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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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By Alice Rawsthorn One glance at the model rockets, space magazines and NASA knickknacks strewn across Marc Newson's desk tells you that he is a space freak.
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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.