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BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Test Flight: "BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Powered Test Flight
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 02:25 pm ET
08 April 2004"

UPDATE: Story first posted 1:40 p.m., April 8, 2004

The privately-backed SpaceShipOne suborbital rocket plane made its second powered flight today.

Built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, the piloted vehicle was powered by a hybrid rocket motor to over 105,000 feet. The engine burned for 40 seconds, zipping to Mach 2, or two times the speed of sound, according to a source that witnessed the test flight high above Mojave, California skies.

SpaceShipOne's second successful powered flight was piloted by Peter Siebold.
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