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First private manned spaceship takes off
www.chinaview.cn 2004-06-21 21:56:21

    WASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhuanet) -- SpaceShipOne, a rocket plane developed by a US company, took off from a airport in the Mojave desert in California Monday morning, becoming the world's first privately-funded flight to leave the earth's atmosphere. Enditem

    

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