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Stories about: Scaled Composites

SpaceShipTwo Gets Ready to Fly As far back as 2004, SpaceShipOne broke a number of barriers, when it became the first privately built craft able to reach suborbital heights on its own. Built by Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites, the aircraft was able to secure the $10-million Ansari X Prize, after it performed three successful flights, in... 5 October 2009 02:53 GMT Virgin Galactic 'Mothership' Passes Test Flight The Virgin Galactic company took a giant leap forward towards its objective – that of carrying tourists in suborbital flights – with the successful testing of the White Knight Two launch platform, an odd-shape airplane that will be the backbone of VG's future fleet. The platform has a double-fuselage... 22 December 2008 02:29 GMT