A privately funded rockethas won a $ 10 million US dollar prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft, report agencies. SpaceShipOne, commanded by test pilot Brian Binnie touched down......
Revolutionary new experiments spurred by prize money have triggered hopes that space tourism would become a reality in the near future.Twenty-seven teams from seven countries are in the fray to......
SpaceShipOne, the world first privately developed spacecraft that first entered the space in October, has been named '2004 Invention of the Year' by Time magazine as a part of its annual 'Coolest......
Sixty-two-year-old pilot Mike Melvill, on Monday, became the first human to fly a privately built ship beyond the Earth's atmosphere, as the world's first commercial space flight took off from a......
A 62-year-old pilot was set Monday to make a historic trip into space by becoming the first human to fly a privately built ship beyond Earth's atmosphere.Mike Melvill will command SpaceShipOne,......