SpaceShipOne Now Has Eye on the Prize. Eli Kintisch.
by Kintisch, Eli; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 60Science. Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Contests | Manned space flight | Reusable space vehicles | Rutan, Burt | Space vehicles -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Rumors raced through the crowd of more than 27,000 spectators along the runway at Mojave, Calif., on June 21 as the world's first private spaceship soared above the stratosphere. Something seemed amiss. Mission control had lost contact with its astronaut, Mike Melvill, 63. The men who had built SpaceShipOne began to worry that the ship wouldn't live up to its name." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article examines SpaceShipOne's first flight to the edge of space--328,000 feet.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: SpaceShipOne Now Has Eye on the Prize, Sept. 24, 2004; pp. A1+.
"Rumors raced through the crowd of more than 27,000 spectators along the runway at Mojave, Calif., on June 21 as the world's first private spaceship soared above the stratosphere. Something seemed amiss. Mission control had lost contact with its astronaut, Mike Melvill, 63. The men who had built SpaceShipOne began to worry that the ship wouldn't live up to its name." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article examines SpaceShipOne's first flight to the edge of space--328,000 feet.
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