Monday, 21. June 2004
Topic: Space - on June 21, 2004 at 5:07:00 PM CEST
Private rocket ship breaks space barrier
SpaceShipOne soars 62 miles to cross space boundary The SpaceShipOne rocket plane soared high above the Earth on Monday, becoming the first privately developed craft to go into space. SpaceShipOne took off from the Mojave Airport, nestled beneath its White Knight carrier plane, at about 6:45 a.m. PT, sailing up into the clear desert sky. About an hour later, at an altitude of almost 50,000 feet, the White Knight released its companion craft, and SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill lit up his rocket engine for a 70-second straight-up blast.
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