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lune 23. 2004 Page A2 VICTORY M id d le S ch o o l 5250 NE MLK (Near Killingsworth) 503-789-9099 Ask About 6th- and 7th Grade Today Why Not Go To College? Paul Allen’s Maiden Voyage Trail Blazers owner funds space flight (AP) — A rocket plane soared above Earth’s atmosphere Mon day in the first privately financed manned spaceflight, then glided back to Earth for an unpowered landing. The ship touched down at Mojave Airport in California to applause and cheers at 8 :15 a.m., about 90 minutes after it was carried aloft slung under the belly of a jet-powered airplane named White Knight. Standing on the tarmac beside the ship, pilot Mike Melvill said Paul Allen's SpaceShipOne with pilot Michael W. Melvill glides in for a landing after a trip to suborbital space. (AP photo) seeing the Earth from outside the atmosphere was “almost a religious experience.” “You can see the curvature of the Earth," he said. “You got a hell o f a view from 60,62 miles.” Melvill said he heard a loud bang during the flight and did not know what it was. But he pointed to a place at the rear o f the spacecraft where a part of the structure cover ing the nozzle had buckled, sug gesting it may have been the source o f the noise. W hite Knight took off at 6:45 a.m. carrying the rocket plane. Af- te ra n h o u rs’ climb the pair reached about 4 6 ,0 0 0 fe e t an d SpaceShipOne was released. A moment later Melvill fired his rocket engine for its push into space Both crafts were built by innova tive aircraft designer Burt Rutan, and the project was funded by Microsoft co-founder and Portland Trail BlazerOwner Paul Allen, who would only describe the cost as being in excess o f $20 million. Bullet Hits Neighbor Below 6th & 7th Graders . . . It Isn’t Too Early To Prepare! We will close the Achievement Gap And help all kids to succeed! A Great Little Middle School Can Help! Get close personal attention And enforced good behavior (A P)— A woman was shot in the chest in her West Seattle apartment when a bullet was fired from an upstairs unit, police said Monday. The 59-year-old woman was sit ting on her couch when she was shot Sunday evening. She told police she had been struck by a bullet that had come through the ceiling. T h e w o m an w as ta k en to Harborview Medical Center. Her ^ J o r tia n b injury was not believed to be life- threatening. Officers arrested the man who lives upstairs, M arcus D. Moss, 19, for investigation o f assualt, after he told officers he was the unit’s only resident and that he had heard the shot but didn’ t know where it came from. No gun was immediately found, but officers found what appeared to be a bullet hole in the floor. 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