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Stories about: rocket plane

Rocket Plane Races Alone Apparently, there is no doubt about the winner of the Rocket Racing League's first race, since the competition that took place on Tuesday saw only one rocket plane in the sky, namely that of the XCOR Aerospace of Mojave. The Armadillo rocket plane did not receive the flight approval from the Federal Aviation Adm... 30 July 2008 09:48 GMT Rocket Planes Scheduled to Race Next Week Two of the most promising concepts in the quest to establish a future commercial space flight service, the Armadillo and the XCOR rocket planes, designed and built by the Armadillo Aerospace of Mesquite, Texas and by the XCOR Aerospace of Mojave, California, are scheduled to flight a head-to-head race next week, as p... 23 July 2008 09:51 GMT