Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen has sunk more than $20 million into developing a manned rocket that reaches space. Now he's hoping half that sum can be recouped - along with some bragging rights.

Organizers of the Ansari X Prize announced Friday that SpaceShipOne will launch as planned on Oct. 4 to seal its victory for the competition's $10 million award. The second voyage of Paul Allen's ...

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 ...

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 ...

A preflight photo shows SpaceShipOne's star-spangled nose, with the White Knight's cockpit directly above. View Slideshow MOJAVE, California -- A Southern California aerospace team took a big step ...

The SpaceShipOne rocket plane is filled up with mementos, fueled up and ready for the first of a pair of space missions that could reap a $10 million prize. The craft is to be piloted by Mike Melvill, ...

MOJAVE, Calif. – The first private manned rocket reached space Wednesday after an unexpectedly bumpy ride in a bid to earn a $10 million prize. During its 81-minute flight, SpaceShipOne (search) ...

A new coffee table book about SpaceShipOne and some of her misadventures came out recently. The book, "SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History" chronicles Rutan's early start in aviation and how his ...

The second attempt by the rocketplane SpaceShipOne to soar into space and snag the $10 million Ansari X Prize is planned for Monday, officials announced last night. SpaceShipOne made the first of two ...

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