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 (SS1) coasted above the 100 km altitude point and successfully completed the first of two X-Prize flights. September 29, 2004 -- At 8:13 this morning PDT, SpaceShipOne (SS1) coasted above ...

The world witnessed the dawn of a new space age Monday, as investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites launched the first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The ...

It has been five years since SpaceShipOne screamed its way into the history books as the first privately built and financed manned craft to reach space. While that roar from the ship's rocket engine ...

White Knight and SpaceShipOne seen rising against the "boneyard" of stored planes at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Twenty years ago Friday, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade ...

American Mojave Aerospace Ventures, a partnership between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, has given 60-day notice for their first official flight in the Ansari X Prize competition. SpaceShipOne's ...

The exhibit 'honors Mike Melvill, the nation's first commercial astronaut who flew SpaceShipOne above 100 kilometers on June 21, 2004.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

MOJAVE, Calif. — Pioneers of the commercial space age celebrated the 10th anniversary of the SpaceShipOne rocket plane's final flight to the final frontier on Saturday, shedding fresh tears over a ...

SANTA MONICA, California-- The new space race is really on. Aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan announced at a press conference at the Santa Monica Airport on Tuesday that his SpaceShipOne team will make a ...

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It has been five years since SpaceShipOne screamed its way into the history books as the first privately built and financed manned craft to reach space. While that roar from the ship's rocket engine ...