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A privately funded spacecraft built by the noted designer Burt Rutan has achieved its first supersonic flight.
The blue-and-white-winged craft, named SpaceShipOne, on Wednesday reached a top speed of Mach 1.2, about 1500 kmh after being released from a carrier aircraft in its first test flight powered by its specially built rocket engine.
A privately funded spacecraft built by the noted designer Burt Rutan has achieved its first supersonic flight.
The blue-and-white-winged craft, named SpaceShipOne, on Wednesday reached a top speed of Mach 1.2, about 1500 kmh after being released from a carrier aircraft in its first test flight powered by its specially built rocket engine.
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