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Private spacecraft to launch June 21

June 02, 2004

The 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.

Scaled Composites, the company launching SpaceShipOne, said the launch will open a new frontier for human spaceflight.

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