MOJAVE, Calif., June 21 -- Flying a foam composite rocket ship powered by laughing gas and burning rubber, Mike Melvill took off faster than a bullet over a ramshackle airport in the desert Monday and ...
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.
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- A rocket plane soared above Earth's atmosphere Monday in the first privately financed manned spaceflight, then glided back to Earth for an unpowered landing. SpaceShipOne pilot ...
On June 21, 2004, the first privately funded human spaceflight, launched on SpaceShipOne. The ship flew 62.5 miles above Earth's surface -- just a few miles above the boundary of space -- for about 3 ...
When re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, SpaceShipOne employed a feathering system that raised to 65 degrees the rear half of the wings along with both tail booms. Invented by American engineer Burt Rutan ...
MOJAVE, Calif. A stout, star-spangled rocket plane broke through the Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space Monday for the second time in five days, capturing a $10 million prize aimed at opening the ...
Ballooning -- Wright Flyer -- Curtiss JN-4, the "Jenny" -- Douglas World Cruiser -- Goddard rocket -- Spirit of St. Louis -- Full scale wind tunnel -- Douglas DC-3 -- UAVs -- Bell XP-59A Aeracomet -- ...
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