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Pilot Michael Melvill kises his wife Sally goodby before he climbs aboard SpaceShipOne for a trip to suborbital space at Mojave, Calif., Monday, June 21, 2004. SpaceShipOne is a privately developed rocket plane that, upon completion of its mission Monday, will become the world's first commercial manned space vehicle and the first non-governmental flight to leave the Earth's atmosphere.


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