SpaceShipOne set to take X-Prize
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The rocket plane 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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The private spacecraft SpaceShipOne briefly entered space above the California desert Wednesday, completing the first of two qualifying flights for the $10 million X Prize.
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The privately owned and operated SpaceShipOne spacecraft has won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by successfully making its second manned flight 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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Despite a few tense moments, the SpaceShipOne rocket plane made a successful manned flight into space, putting it in the lead in the race to win the $10-million Ansari X Prize.
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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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Rocket plane SpaceShipOne is to attempt a second space flight on Monday in a bid to clinch the $10m Ansari X-Prize. Judges officially confirmed that pilot Mike Melvill took the craft to 103km (64 miles) on Wednesday&#39;s first flight.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by SpaceShipOne's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations...
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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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SpaceShipOne completed the first leg of its bid for a $10-million civilian space prize above the Mojave California desert on Wednesday.
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SpaceShipOne, the Paul Allen-backed venture that&#39;s attempting to take paying passengers into suborbital space for the first time, has completed the first leg of its effort to win a $10 million prize.
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Brian Binnie (top left in image), grabbed previous Pilot&#39;s Mike Melvill&#39;s torch and flew the second leg of the X Prize competition in Burt Rutan&#39;s SpaceShipOne.
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The race for the $10m Ansari X-Prize begins in earnest on Wednesday as SpaceShipOne prepares to rocket to more than 100km above the Earth.
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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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Ordinary people are being given the chance to have their name go into space with the first X-Prize contender craft.
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Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by SpaceShipOne's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations.
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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.