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Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen’s Private Rocket Soars

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A manned space rocket program funded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen made its way to higher than 211,000 feet Thursday with the SpaceShipOne test flight, which reached about two-thirds of the 63-mile-high requirement for the US$10 million X Prize that is more about feat than finance. Piloted by Mike Melvill and released from a companion…

Paul Allen’s SpaceShipOne Sets Date with Space

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

With funding from Microsoft cofounder and billionaire Paul Allen, the first nongovernment manned rocket ship is set to propel 62 miles from the Earth’s surface to reach space in a launch scheduled for June 21st. SpaceShipOne, which soared two-thirds of the way to the 100-km, out-of-atmosphere point designated as space for the Ansari X Prize…

Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a critical six-minute trajectory correction maneuver May 27th to put it on course with its first encounter, Saturn’s outermost moon Phoebe, set for June 11th. The spacecraft is operating normally and is in excellent health. “The maneuver is very critical for getting us into Saturn orbit because it is the…

Cassini Spacecraft Approaches Saturn Orbit

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Known to some in the space community as “the last battlestar,” the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft this week is on the verge of finishing its 2.2-billion-mile trip to Saturn as it prepares to get closer to the ringed planet than any other craft in history. Cassini-Huygens is set to slip between two of Saturn’s rings and then…

US, Canadian X Prize Teams Schedule Launches

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Two independent groups seeking to win a private, US$10 million space-travel contest known as the X Prize have announced they are closer to actually meeting the terms for the prize, with back-to-back, manned flights planned for the fall. The SpaceShipOne team, which achieved mankind’s first private spaceflight with a person in the Mojave Desert last…

NASA Genesis Mission Returns with Piece of the Sun

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA’s Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that might ultimately tell us more about the genesis of our solar system. “The Genesis mission — to capture a piece of the…

Next Space Station Launch Set for Oct 11

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The blast-off in a Soyuz spacecraft from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will deploy a replacement crew for Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, who have manned the orbital platform since April. Expedition 10 will be launched to the International Space Station on October 11 — two days later than originally scheduled…

One Flight Down, One To Go for SpaceShipOne

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Brushing off a surprising series of rolls, SpaceShipOne (SS1) pilot Mike Melvill took the private craft,funded by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, to the edge of space and back this morning. It was the first of two flights the team needs to claim the coveted Ansari X Prize. The team, headed by aviation ace Burt Rutan…

SpaceShipOne Takes $10 Million Ansari X Prize

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The second private space flight in a week piloted by history’s second civilian astronaut was worth US$10 million today as the Paul Allen-funded SpaceShipOne (SS1) touched the edge of space and returned to Earth winner of the Ansari X Prize. The SS1 team, who will collect the prize officially at a presentation November 6, reached…

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