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UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012.
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Fosset aims to break world non-stop record
U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett took off Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in an experimental aircraft, in a bid to break the world record for non-stop flights.
Fuel leak delays distance flight attempt
Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett plans to begin his epic solo duration and distance flight Wednesday after a fuel leak scrubbed takeoff Tuesday.
The Almanac
Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2005 with eight to follow.
The Almanac
Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2005 with eight to follow.
Space Race 2: A little help from Uncle Sam
A weekly series by UPI examining the people, passions and business of private human spaceflight. This week: XCOR is making strides by both serving NASA and developing its own spacecraft designs and components.
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After I turned on the rocket engine, the engine came smoothly to full thrust and the aircraft rapidly accelerated to flying speed. I rotated and the aircraft lifted off and flew for a few hundred feet under rocket power. I then shut down, landed and rolled to a stop. All the systems operated normally
Space Race 2: A little help from Uncle Sam
United Press International
Assuming that Rick (Searfoss) gives us weight credit for it, we might be flying one or two payloads on the X Prize flights
Space Race II: A ticket to ride
United Press International
I really do want to fly passengers in this ship
Space Race II: A ticket to ride
United Press International
I want to tell you that we do have a way of getting down a lot faster
Space Race II: A ticket to ride
United Press International
It just seems a poetic thing to do something on the anniversary of the first orbital spacecraft
Space Race II: A ticket to ride
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A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa