It was a one-of-a-kind moment for a throng of well-wishers, including this reporter, all in nose-up, sky-squinting position at California's Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Let loose from its White ...
The aerospace engineer who designed the world’s first privately financed and piloted spacecraft has announced he’ll retire next year. Burt Rutan pioneered the concept of “space tourism” at his Mojave ...
White Knight and SpaceShipOne seen rising against the "boneyard" of stored planes at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Twenty years ago Friday, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Burt Rutan, the pioneering designer of SpaceShipOne, joined the President of Virgin Galactic and other leaders in the commercial space industry in testifying before the House ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Burt Rutan invigorated the homebuilt aircraft movement when he began selling the plans to build his VariEze ('very ...