Exclusive Chart Shows How SpaceShipOne Left, Reentered The Atmosphere

American Mojave Aerospace Ventures is preparing to go for the Ansari X-Prize Sept. 29 after having shown it can reach the 100-km. (328,084-ft.) target altitude on its publicly attended June 21 flight of the SpaceShipOne rocket glider (AW&ST Aug. 2, p. 20). But that flight only went 407 ft. higher...

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