MOJAVE, Calif. – SpaceShipOne (search) is one flight away from clinching the Ansari X Prize (search), a $10 million award for the first privately developed manned rocket to reach space twice within 14 ...

Thousands of obervers at the Mojave Spaceport and millions watching via webcast and TV were able to follow today’s dramatic flight to space of the SpaceShipOne suborbital vehicle via Ecliptic’s ...

Failures of trim controls for pitch, yaw and roll set back Scaled Composites' bid for to take $10 million X-Prize Scaled Composites' drive to claim the $10 million Ansari X-Prize is on hold while the ...

LOS ANGELES – The creators of SpaceShipOne (search) will go ahead with plans for another launch next week to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize (search) after analyzing a roll that occurred as it ...

It was a one-of-a-kind moment for a throng of well-wishers, including this reporter, all in nose-up, sky-squinting position at California's Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Let loose from its White ...

SpaceShipOne has completed its historic flight and has safely landed. SpaceShipOne reached its projected altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) even though its engine cut off early. This is the first ...

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