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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls... mark this day in the history books as one of the greatest in aviation history. Today, SpaceShipOne became the first privately built and piloted aircraft that succesfully went into outer space and returned in a safe landing. Piloted by Mike Melvill SpaceShipOne climbed and climbed and climbed untill she reached the 62-and-a-half mile marker above the earth which is internationall recognized as the boundary of space.