In a press release this morning, Scaled Composites announced a June 21 attempt at reaching 100 km altitude, the official edge of space. As reported by space.com, this is the first time the company has pre-announced a launch, and would be the 15th flight of the vehicle. However, it is not yet an Ansari X Prize attempt, since that requires 3 people (or equivalent mass) on board, not just one. Given the 30 days notice required for an actual X Prize attempt, it sounds like they may be shooting for July 20th (anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing) – or perhaps later in the summer, depending how the June 21 attempt goes.

slashdot has the story now too (partly from some text I sent them…).