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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 engines builders.
The rocket engine behind the privately built, piloted spacecraft SpaceShipOne will carry more propellant and burn longer during a Wednesday space shot, but has not undergone any serious ...
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 ...
Suborbital space rides came one step closer to reality September 29. Under the Full Moon, thousands of camping spectators waited patiently outside what is now being called Mojave Spaceport, a ...
SpaceShipOne officials have chosen SpaceDev's hybrid rocket propulsion system, shown here during an engine test. The system uses nitrous oxide and a rubber component known as HTPB.
It's been five years since SpaceShipOne screamed its way into the history books as the first privately built and financed manned craft to reach space ...
On October 4, 2004, SpaceShipOne—the first privately owned, piloted vehicle to reach space—returned from its third journey to clinch the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The prize, meant to ...
Onlookers held their breath as the manned SpaceShipOne performed unexpected but spectacular acrobatics on its way into space, the first step toward winning the Ansari X Prize on Wednesday.
MOJAVE, CALIF., June 21, 2004--Burt Rutan's revolutionary SpaceShipOne flew into space Monday morning, becoming the world's only successful privately funded space vehicle and making what could be ...
A privately-built rocket plane soared into space Monday, boosting a 63-year-old test pilot on a thrilling, at times scary ride out of Earth's discernible atmosphere and into history as the first ...
SpaceShipOne has a wingspan of 16 feet and uses one rocket engine to reach its destination altitude. Once it completes its arc, its wings fold up for the descent.
It's been five years since SpaceShipOne screamed its way into the history books as the first privately built and financed manned craft to reach space ...