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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceShipOne's team has made a date with history for June 21, setting the first full day of summer as launch day for the first piloted spaceflight in a privately developed craft. The announcement of ...

When SpaceShipOne screams skyward this month on a mission to win an international human spaceflight competition, its rocket motor will be more powerful than ever, according to the engine's builders.

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After Monday’s successful journey to the edge of space, many reasserted their claim that SpaceShipOne is the leading contender for the Ansari X Prize. Not so fast. Problems during ascent nearly caused ...