MOJAVE, California (AFP) - The US rocket plane SpaceShipOne landed back in California's Mojave desert at 8:34 am (1534 GMT) after what organizers said was a successful flight into space.
The stubby rocket ship returned to Earth on Wednesday, an hour-and-a-half after staging the first stage of its bid to grab a 10-million-dollar prize aimed at kickstarting commercial space travel.