SpaceShipOne flight. SpaceShipeOne in flight on 29 September 2004,with pilot Mike Melville at the controls. The white high-altitude research rocket is between two chase planes. The twin-engined Starship turbojet is at the top,while a monoplane is on the right. On this flight,SpaceShipOne achieved a height of over 100 kilometres,allowing an American team,Scaled Composites,to complete the first objective of the Ansari X-Prize rules. The second objective is to complete a second space flight within two weeks of the first one. The award for completing both objectives is $10 million | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Sanford, John |
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