Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SpaceShipOne is a rocket-powered aircraft that completed the first privately funded human spaceflight on June 21, 2004. It was developed by Scaled Composites.
SpaceShipOne flight 15P - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne was the first privately-funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One program, the ...
HowStuffWorks "How SpaceShipOne Works"
It's launch time for the first privately funded space flight. In the course of battle for the X Prize, a group called Scaled Composites has built and tested SpaceShipOne, a sub ...
SpaceShipOne Back on Course
Burt Rutan's craft in the X Prize race had control problems in its initial launch, but that's fixed now, and SpaceShipOne is on target for another space attempt.
SpaceShipOne - Milestones of Flight
Smithsonian Institution #NASM9A04837. Look inside the cockpit! Requires free QuickTime Player Cockpit panorama created from actual photographs of spacecraft ...
Private rocket ship breaks space barrier - New Space Race- msnbc.com
With a triumphant thumbs-up and a broad grin, the pilot of the SpaceShipOne rocket plane celebrates becoming the first private-sector astronaut to steer his ship into space.
X PRIZE Foundation
The X PRIZE Foundation is bringing about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity in the areas of education, exploration, energy and environment, global entrepreneurship ...
SpaceShipOne 2004
On June 21, 2004, I joined twenty seven thousand other people to watch the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private-venture craft to attempt to leave the earth's atmosphere and ...
FOXNews.com - SpaceShipOne Reaches Space Again, Lands - U.S. & ...
SpaceShipOne Reaches Space Again, Lands, A privately-designed spacecraft successfully reached space and landed safely Wednesday in the first of two trial flights in its quest to ...
CNN.com - Private craft soars into space, history - Jun 23, 2004
SpaceShipOne lifted off early Monday morning in the Mojave Desert, carried by the jet White Knight. As the pair approached 50,000 feet, SpaceShipOne decoupled from the jet.
Fred's Airshow Journal: Photos of the historic SpaceShipOne launch
Photos of the historic SpaceShipOne launch ... Space Ship One's First Flight into Space June 21, 2004. NOTE: Sorry, I was not able to attend the September 29th or October 4th X ...
SpaceShipOne
EAA/SCALED COMPOSITES SpaceShipOne - Replica. The story of SpaceShipOne is a dramatic one with very close ties to EAA. Burt Rutan, the designer of this spacecraft, has been a ...