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SpaceShipOne Wins X-Prize

By Keith Cowing
October 4, 2004
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SpaceShipOne Wins X-Prize
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This morning SpaceShipOne made its second flight in less than two weeks.

The vehicle passed 100 km and, at a maximum altitude of 368,000 feet, passed an altitude record set by NASA’s X-15 forty years ago.

Today’s flight was flown by pilot Brian Binnie.

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