Read Flight's live blog coverage of the Wirefly X Prize Cup at Las Cruces in New Mexico

By: Rob Coppinger

07:25 20 Oct 2006

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^{Above: The X Prize Cup event is expecting 20,000 visitors}

Read Rob Coppinger's live blog of the Wirefly X Prize Cup, being held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where NASA's $2.4 million Centennial Challenge prizes are being fought for, multiple high-powered sounding rocket launches are streaking into the sky, the new Rocket Racing League's X-Racer is being unveiled, there are multiple static engine test firings live, fly-overs by the T-38 astronaut trainer and US Air Force's F-117, and a variety of other rocket exhibits.

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^{Above: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (centre) holds a press conference}

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