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By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
A privately built manned spacecraft has reached a record altitude of 211,000ft (64km) over California on one of its final tests before officially entering space.
SpaceShipOne was built by aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan who hopes to win the Ansari X-prize of $10m (£5.7m) for the first private flight into space.
The craft has to reach an altitude of 329,000ft (100km) twice in three weeks to win - and is expected to do so next month.
Twenty-five other teams across the world are competing for the prize.
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