The test is part of Scaled Composites’ Tier One program, funded by Allen, Microsoft co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Inc. The SpaceShipOne team will announce the results of this test flight once it ...

The spacecraft was launched in midair, at an altitude of about 50,000 feet (15,000 m), from the underside of its mothership, White Knight, a turbofan-powered airplane. After SpaceShipOne glided ...

The 51-year-old Binnie has 21 years of flight test experience, and was at the controls for SpaceShipOne's first powered, supersonic flight on Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers ...

You can see the curvature of the Earth." The aerodynamics of SpaceShipOne were slightly modified and the power of its engine was increased for the most recent flight. Rutan said the first ...

For SpaceShipOne, reaching space takes three things: a pilot, a spacecraft and enough propellant to rocket away from Earth. But the fuel in SpaceShipOne's tank is about as exotic as the spacecraft ...

"SpaceShipOne was my 39th manned aircraft type ... they fuel the arguments and unenlightened ways of those in power - or in influential positions - and they add to the risks of sidetracking ...

Hot on the heels of receiving the first commercial manned suborbital space fight license from the FAA, Scaled Composites completed the second powered test flight of their SpaceShipOne suborbital ...

Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipOne's successor, the six-passenger SpaceShipTwo, in 2009. The vehicle has successfully completed a handful of rocket-powered test flights and should begin ...

That was December 17, 2003, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ breakthrough at Kitty Hawk and a fitting day for SpaceShipOne‘s first powered flight. Designed by visionary aerospace ...

POWERED FLIGHT: Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne flew its second powered flight on April 8, reaching a speed of Mach 2 and a maximum altitude of 100,000 feet, according to a statement released by ...

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.

Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipOne's successor, the six-passenger SpaceShipTwo, in 2009. The vehicle has successfully completed a handful of rocket-powered test flights and should begin ...