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HISTORIC SPACE LAUNCH
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1st Test Flight
Dec. 17, 2003 report
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SpaceShipOne is chasing the X-prize - a $10m bounty intended to "jumpstart the space tourism industry through competition between the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world". |
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White Knight carries SpaceShipOne to altitude, followed by a Rutan-designed Beech Starship. SpaceShipOne was designed by Rutan and his
research team at the California-based aerospace company, Scaled
Composites. Rutan made aviation news in 1986 by developing the Voyager,
the only aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without refueling.
View a May 13th 2004 report.
The test flight in which
pilot Mike Melvill reached a height of 211,400 feet (approximately 40
miles), the highest altitude ever reached by a non- government
aerospace program.View SPACE.com's report
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