Sunday, 20. April 2003
Topic: Space - on April 20, 2003 at 10:39:57 AM CEST
Private manned space plane unveiled
Fully-built spacecraft, launch system developed in secrecy SOME OF THE BIGGEST names in space, including astronaut Buzz Aldrin, space tourist Dennis Tito and military officials, were on hand for Friday’s demonstration at the Mojave Airport, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In its first public flight, the White Knight lifted steeply off the windswept tarmac, framed in the distance by dozens of mothballed commercial airliners.
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