SpaceShipOne just one flight away from X Prize
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MOJAVE, Calif. The SpaceShipOne aircraft is one flight away from clinching the Ansari X Prize, a 10-(m)million-dollar award for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space twice within 14 days.
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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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A Canadian was forced to delay its first launch in the X Prize competition, an international race to put civilians into space. First prize is US$10 million.
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The rocket plane SpaceShipOne, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft Corp. co- founder Paul Allen, won the $10 million competition aimed at creating a space tourism
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No sooner had SpaceShipOne glided back to terra firma, claiming both the $10 million Ansari X Prize and distinction as the first privately funded manned spaceflight, than talk turned to a glorious future: personal space trips .
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MOJAVE, Calif. - The private manned rocket SpaceShipOne (search) streaked toward space early Monday in a bid to top an altitude of 62 miles for the second time in six days and claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize (search).
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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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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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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.
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Brian Binnie, a veteran US Navy aviator and one of four pilots trained to fly SpaceShipOne, piloted the spacecraft. &quot;Flying this vehicle is literally a rush,&quot; he said after the historic flight.
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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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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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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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LOS ANGELES  -- The world's first private manned spacecraft will make its second space flight in five days Monday in the final stage of its attempt to win a 10 million USD prize, organisers said.       SpaceShipOne is scheduled to take off at around 7:00 am (1400 GMT) and blast out of the earth's atmosphere just over an hour later in its quest for the Ansari X Prize purse, aimed at spurring a new era of commercial space travel...
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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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In the quest for a cheaper route to space, astronauts competing for the X Prize are willing to take risks. But some wonder if blasting off in an untested rocket ship suspended from a giant balloon is taking things too far. By Dan Brekke.
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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.