Let loose from its White Knight mothership, the rocket engine propelling the experimental suborbital SpaceShipOne vehicle roared to life, skillfully controlled by test pilot Mike Melvill.

Arguably the most innovative aircraft of the 21st century, so far, is SpaceShipOne (shown here attached to its carrier plane, White Knight). Designed by perhaps the most creative aircraft designer ...

The creator of SpaceShipOne says private space flight's about to take off. At the dawn of a new era, SpaceShipOne is minutes away from being released by its launch aircraft. White Knight ...

Before launching its own spacecraft, Virgin Galactic partnered with Scaled Composites, the creators of SpaceShipOne. This vehicle made history in 2004 as the first privately funded spacecraft to ...

Allen, with a deep pocket book, and Rutan, with the know-how of how to build such a craft, joined up to create SpaceShipOne, as of right now the only privately-built spacecraft. The success of ...

Friends at Mojave Air & Space Port at Rutan Field were shocked and saddened on Oct. 20 to learn that their friend and fellow pilot, Chuck Coleman, was killed when his Extra 300 crashed during an ...

Coleman was also a test pilot for the ICON A5. An experienced flight instructor, Coleman provided flight training to the pilots of SpaceShipOne in preparation for their suborbital flights ...

Yet, Fedotov only made it about 1/3 the way to space. Another plane, SpaceShipOne reached 367,500 feet in 2004. It had rocket engines and was flown to an initial 43,500 feet before launch.

Cast your mind back, [Lance Armstrong] was winning the Tour de France, and SpaceShipOne made it into space. [Gregg Eshelman], wrote to us to say that in 2004 he bought an MP3 player. Ask your ...

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In a crowd that included such as space enthusiasts as actor William Shatner and bonafide astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Criswick could faintly see the plumes of smoke when SpaceShipOne’s rocket engaged ...