X-Prize craft 'passes first flight'
Published: Wed Sep 29th, 2004Source: news.bbc.co.uk
SpaceShipOne, the first craft to attempt the $10m Ansari X-Prize, has successfully completed the first of two qualifying flights into space. After a delay, the White Knight plane took off from California's Mojave Airport at 0711 PDT (1411 GMT).
It carried SpaceShipOne to 13.8km (46,000ft). Seconds after separation it went into a perilous spin, but pilot Mike Melvill regained control.
Two unofficial radar readings said the craft had passed the 100km boundary.
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