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 ...

Ingenious. Tireless. Masterful. Aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Burt Rutan turns ideas into winged vehicles that soar, take powered flight, and now rocket into space, safely returning to land ...

Brian Binnie is a former United States Navy officer and test pilot for SpaceShipOne, the experimental space plane created by aeronautical pioneer, Burt Rutan, and his innovative company, Scaled ...

Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne is flying again after testing was halted to address a pitch hangup that occurred on a Sept. 23 flight (AW&ST Oct. 6, p. 43). The company conducted a full-scale wind ...

Paul G. Allen and Burt Rutan Announce Plans for First Non-Government, Privately Funded Manned Space Flight Mojave, CA: A privately-developed rocket plane will launch into history on June 21 on a ...

MOJAVE, Calif. -- Burt and the billionaire kept their eye on the prize yesterday, collecting $10 million and symbolically launching a new era in private space exploration. SpaceShipOne, the ...

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