Topic: Space - on June 21, 2004 at 2:46:00 PM CEST
Private spacecraft readied for historic flight
If all goes well over the California desert Monday morning, Michael Melvill, 62, a veteran test pilot, will become the first civilian flier to earn his astronaut's wings aboard a privately financed spacecraft.
CNN and CNN.com will carry live coverage of the launch of SpaceShipOne beginning at approximately 6:30 a.m. PDT and 9:30 a.m. EDT on Monday.
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