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Private rocket plane SpaceShipOne returns to Earth
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    • MOJAVE, California (AFP) Sep 29, 2004
     The US rocket plane SpaceShipOne landed back in California's Mojave desert at 8:34 am (1534 GMT) on Wednesday after what organizers said was a successful flight into space.

    The stubby rocket ship returned to Earth some one-and-a-half hours after staging the first stage of its bid to grab a 10-million-dollar prize aimed at kickstarting commercial space travel.




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