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February 23, 2005

SpaceShipOne's OSH Visit Will Be Ship's Only Public Display

But Next Destination Still Uncertain

REAL TIME UPDATE - 1520 EST: It won't be the last flight of White Knight and SpaceShipOne, but it will be one of them. That's how commercial astronaut Mike Melvill described his trip to Mojave with the record-breaking duo as Scaled Composites sends them to Oshkosh, WI, for AirVenture 2005.

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SpaceShipOne And White Knight Coming To Oshkosh!

Historic Civilian Spacecraft To Be On Display All Week

SpaceShipOne, the world's first successful civilian-built spaceship that captured the world's attention last fall by winning the $10 million Ansari X Prize, is coming to Oshkosh! The history-making spacecraft and its carrier aircraft, White Knight, have been confirmed for arrival at EAA AirVenture, July 25-31 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

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ESA Camera Finds Evidence Of Mars Ocean

There's Water In Them Thar Hills!

It's hard to spot, dust-covered and otherwise unremarkable. But the ESA's 3-D imaging system orbiting Mars has found what looks like a vast ocean just below the surface of Mars.

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Boeing Says Large Cargo Freighter On Track

Will Support 787 Final Assembly

Boeing says development of the 747 Large Cargo Freighter is proceeding according to plan and the modified freighters will be ready to support final assembly of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliners in 2007.

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Historical Reunion, Tours Celebrate Centaur Booster

"Celebrating Centaur: Then and Now"

A commemorative ceremony and historical reunion honoring the Centaur stage booster, "Celebrating Centaur: Then and Now," will take place from to 1530 Friday, at the Lockheed Martin Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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Space Shuttle Return To Flight Gets A "Lift" From NASA Dryden F-15B

Eagle Is Testbed For LIFT Operations

To help the Space Shuttle safely return to flight, NASA engineers are acquiring data on how insulating foam debris or "divots" behave when these small pieces are shed from the Shuttle's external fuel tank during launch.

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