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May 14, 2004

Private astronaut enters space

A piloted rocket released from a spider-like mother plane shot straight up into the desert sky here Thursday, climbing to 211,400 feet and becoming the first privately funded vehicle to reach the edge of space.

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Posted by tedb at May 14, 2004 01:22 PM




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