Private spacecraft race wins

SpaceShipOne has won the X Prize, the spacecraft race conducted by private companies.

SpaceShipOne has won the X Prize, the spacecraft race conducted by private companies.

To win the prize, the boat had to climb up to 100 kilometers in height twice within two weeks; SpaceShipOne has achieved a week and Scaled Composites has received a prize of 10 million dollars.

The ship was launched from the Mojave desert in California. The White Knight plane climbed 15 kilometers and released it. The second flight reached a height of 112 kilometers and set a new height record for flights that do not enter orbit.

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