NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about the second flight of SpaceShipOne, the first commercially sponsored spacecraft. With the success of the second ...

Are we witnessing the birth of a commercial space flight industry? Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports on Wednesday's launch of SpaceShipOne. The craft is the top competitor in ...

SpaceShipOne, seen here after its first flight in June, will take to the skies again tonight (Image: Reuters/Mike Blake) Related Stories Space flight enters private era , Science Online, 22 Jun 2004 ...

MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - The White Knight mothership that cradles SpaceShipOne is airborne and headed for the second of two flights to cash in on the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Piloting SpaceShipOne ...

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 days.

On Oct. 4, 2004, pilot Brian Binnie launched on SpaceShipOne to make spaceflight history. X Prize's Andrew Torgan asks Binnie what it was like. ... What was your biggest concern prior to the flight?

SpaceShipOne glides back to Earth after its second flight into suborbital space. Jim Campbell, Aero-News Network SpaceShipOne and a chaser plane return for landing.

SpaceShipOne crossed the finish line in an 8-year, $10 million space race Monday, winning the Ansari X Prize with its second spaceflight in less than a week. Along the way, the world's first ...

SpaceShipOne’s creators said the Komet, built by Nazi Germany but never used for a manned flight, was an inspiration for the design, Hunt said. “That is in direct lineage,” he said.

SpaceShipOne makes successful flight. The US rocket plane SpaceShipOne has landed back in California’s Mojave desert after what organisers said was a successful flight into space.

Burt Rutan unveils plans to fly three people into space twice within two weeks for a $10-million payday, the Ansari X Prize.

SpaceShipOne flight takes off tonight. Monday, 4 October 2004 AFP/Reuters. SpaceShipOne, seen here after its first flight in June, will take to the skies again tonight (Image: Reuters/Mike Blake) ...