Data From Recent Test Flight of Private Spacecraft Released.

The May 13th flight of the privately financed SpaceShipOne has verified that the craft and its operators are close to attempting suborbital flight. Their goal: Two consecutive missions, two weeks apart, aimed at winning the Ansari X Prize purse. SpaceShipOne has undergone a series of 14 confidence building missions, air toted, gliding, and powered flights, much to the satisfaction of SpaceShipOne’s builder, Scaled Composites of Mojave, California. Full Story.