http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Scaled_Composites_LLCFind stories, videos, and photos about Scaled Composites LLC from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:05:03 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2007/US/07/27/spaceport.blast/tztop.mojave.kcal.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Scaled_Composites_LLC14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Scaled Composites LLC from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA third person died Friday from an explosion at a rocket test pad operated by a private company in California's southern Mojave Desert, according to the nursing supervisor at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosion at an airport home to Scaled Composites -- the builder of the first private manned rocket to reach space -- killed two people and left four seriously hurt Thursday, a Kern County Fire Department official says.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/03/ft.spacetourism/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/03/ft.spacetourism/index.htmlSpace tourism is being packaged as the ultimate trip -- almost as an extension of a normal flight but with incredible views, the experience of weightlessness and supersonic speeds.Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/11/popsci.rocket/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/11/popsci.rocket/index.htmlIt has a jet engine's roar but not the accompanying whine -- just an ear-shattering thunder. And the airplane is far too small, like a Volkswagen with a semi's air horn.Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370586/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370586/index.htmIf you want to view the entrepreneurial future of space travel, start in Los Angeles. Drive 100 miles northeast until you reach sun-baked Mojave (population 3,800). Head to the local airport. Don't... Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370591/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370591/index.htmEntrepreneurs have always driven our technical progress--and, as a result, our economy. They tend to be more innovative, more willing to take risks, and more excited about solving difficult problem... Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:28:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/22/technology/business2_space_rocketvilleusa/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/22/technology/business2_space_rocketvilleusa/index.htmIf you want to view the entrepreneurial future of space travel, start in Los Angeles. Drive 100 miles northeast until you reach sun-baked Mojave (population 3,800). Head to the local airport. Don't expect to see launchpads or fancy command centers--there are none to be found. Yet history is being made here: In 2004 the Federal Aviation Administration certified Mojave Airport as a civilian spaceport. Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, has its headquarters near the runways, and it was from here that his SpaceShipOne became the first private spacecraft to carry a passenger beyond the stratosphere.Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/23/white.knight/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/23/white.knight/index.htmlThe X-37 -- an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane -- made its first captive-carry flight today under the wings of the White Knight, flying above Mojave, California desert.Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/04/27/space.tourism/index.htmlTicket to ride commuter flights to the edge of space may not be too far off -- with spaceliners departing several spaceports here in the United States.Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/03/globalflyer.fossett/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/03/globalflyer.fossett/index.htmlFlying from horizon to horizon, Steve Fossett completed the first solo, nonstop flight around-the-world without refueling on Thursday, landing gracefully in Kansas at 2:49 pm ET.Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/28/spaceshipone.museum/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/02/28/spaceshipone.museum/index.htmlThe record-setting, privately-built suborbital rocket plane -- SpaceShipOne -- is headed for a landing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C.Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186662/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186662/index.htmBurt Rutan's SpaceShipOne will attempt suborbital flights on Sept. 29 and Oct. 4. If both are successful, Rutan's Scaled Composites team will claim the $10 million X-Prize for the first privately f...Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/28/spaceshipone/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/09/28/spaceshipone/index.htmlA Californian-based team will this week launch its bid to claim a $10 million prize by putting a privately financed manned craft into sub-orbital space.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/24/space.tourism.cnn/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/24/space.tourism.cnn/index.htmlCan you build a business on a dream?Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/13/ss1.rocket/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/13/ss1.rocket/index.htmlWhen SpaceShipOne screams skyward this month on a mission to win an international human spaceflight competition, its rocket motor will be more powerful than ever, according to its designers.Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/27/x.prize/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/27/x.prize/index.htmlA piloted rocket ship race to claim a $10 million Ansari X Prize purse for privately financed flight to the edge of space is heating up.Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/29/space.ship.one.trajectory/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/29/space.ship.one.trajectory/index.htmlFlight data from the first private vehicle to soar beyond the Earth's atmosphere has been posted by Scaled Composites, designer and builder of the SpaceShipOne. The flight was not trouble-free.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/21/technology/space_tourism/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/21/technology/space_tourism/index.htmLondon investment banker Per Wimmer had lots of interest in Monday's first privately financed manned space flight -- $102,000 worth, to be exact.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/21/suborbital.test/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/21/suborbital.test/index.htmlThe man who became the first person to pilot a privately built craft into space called his flight "almost a religious experience" after his safe landing Monday morning.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/20/suborbital.test/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/20/suborbital.test/index.htmlIf all goes well over the California desert Monday morning, Michael Melvill, 62, a veteran test pilot, will become the first civilian flier to earn his astronaut's wings aboard a privately financed spacecraft.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/18/ssone.flight.history/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/18/ssone.flight.history/index.htmlKitty Hawk. Cape Canaveral. Mojave Desert.Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/02/first.flight.cnn/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/02/first.flight.cnn/index.htmlThe world's first privately built spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth on June 21 and -- if successful -- usher in a new era of spaceflight for private enterprise.Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/02/private.space/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/06/02/private.space/index.htmlA privately-developed rocket plane will launch into history on June 21 on a mission to become the world's first commercial manned space vehicle.Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/02/technology/private_spacecraft/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/02/technology/private_spacecraft/index.htmAn attempt to have the first privately-financed manned space flight is set for June 21, backers of the effort announced Tuesday.Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/24/mojave.spaceport/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/24/mojave.spaceport/index.htmlA desert airdrome in Mojave, California is on the final glide path to getting government approval for becoming an inland gateway to space.Mon, 24 May 2004 18:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/13/private.space.ship/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/05/13/private.space.ship/index.htmlThe ultimate thrill ride could be closer to reality.Fri, 14 May 2004 00:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/08/round.world.plane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/08/round.world.plane/index.htmlFrom the folks working hard on passenger space flight comes a new single-piloted aircraft to circle the Earth on one tank of gas.Mon, 08 Mar 2004 20:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/09/xprize.space/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/09/xprize.space/index.htmlOrganizers of a competition to achieve the first privately funded manned spaceflight say 27 teams have entered and they expect to award the $10 million prize by the end of the year.Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:13:00 EST