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Civilian Team's Second Space Trip Wins X Prize

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By David Kestenbaum

Published October 4, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

A privately financed craft succeeds in taking a pilot into space for the second time in less than two weeks. In doing so, SpaceShipOne wins the so-called X-Prize of $10 million for the team funded by Paul Allen, a founder of Microsoft. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

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