June 21st in Mohave California, the first privately funded spacecraft will attempt to become the world's first commercial manned space vehicle.
I have written about this project previously, very cool stuff!!
CNN.com - Private spacecraft blast offs June 21
SpaceShipOne will rocket to 62 miles (100 kilometers) into sub-orbital space above the Mojave Civilian Aerospace Test Center, a commercial airport in the California desert. If successful, "it will signal that the space frontier is finally open to private enterprise," explained a Scaled Composites release. - Quote from the story.
Scaled Composites web site - Builders of the spacecraft.
Photos on the Scaled Composites site
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