Canadian Ansari X-Prize competitor da Vinci Project has delayed its first attempt to fly into space. The flight was to be from Kindersley in Canada's Saskatchewan province on 2 October. No new date has been given for the prize attempt using its balloon-launched Wildfire rocket. The team has blamed "availability of a few key components and their integration" for the delay. To win the $10 million X-Prize, two flights must be made above 100km (62 miles) within two weeks with a payload equivalent to three people. Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne is due to make its first X-Prize flight on 29 September. If successful, its second flight will be on 4 October.

 

Source: Flight International