How SpaceShipOne’s historic launch 20 years ago paved the way for a new era of space tourism.
It was a moment like no other for a group of well-wishers, including this reporter, standing with their noses up, squinting at the sky, at California’s Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Escape the White Knight mothership, the rocket engine propelling the experimental suborbital vehicle SpaceshipA The vehicle came to life, expertly controlled by test… Read More »