Private spacecraft makes historic launch: SpaceShipOne is in the air as I write this, trying to become the first private, manned vehicle in space. I wish them every success toward this goal.
Thousands gathered in the Mojave Desert to watch the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private manned space flight. […]
Michael Melvill, 62, a veteran test pilot, becomes the first civilian flier to earn his astronaut’s wings aboard a privately financed spacecraft.
The rocket plane designed by Burt Rutan and built by his firm Scaled Composites is taking its 15th test flight — its farthest and fastest to date.
For some background on this endevour, see this post and this post.
Scaled Composites, the X-Prize competitor funded by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, and led by aviation uber-genius Burt Rutan, has scheduled a test flight that, if successful, will be the first space launch in history by the private sector. SpaceShipOne will rocket to 100 kilometers (62 miles) into sub-orbital space above…
Well, maybe not that far. Yet. The FAA on Wednesday licensed the first private rocket, and has given the green light for a real sub-orbital space flight. Burt Rutan and his California-based Scaled Composites have built SpaceShipOne, a funny looking rocket-powered plane that Burt hopes will usher in "a renaissance for…
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