SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to 3,000 ft/s (2,000 mph)... 48 KB (4,915 words) - 08:51, 15 April 2024 |
Flight 16P of SpaceShipOne was a spaceflight in the Tier One program that took place on September 29, 2004. It was the first competitive flight in the... 12 KB (1,507 words) - 05:03, 28 March 2024 |
Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight... 12 KB (1,242 words) - 05:04, 28 March 2024 |
SpaceShipTwo project is based in part on technology developed for the first-generation SpaceShipOne, which was part of the Scaled Composites Tier One... 66 KB (5,608 words) - 07:49, 15 April 2024 |
Virgin Galactic (redirect from Virgin Space Ship) the Tier One project designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, using the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne. $10 million... 91 KB (10,447 words) - 02:04, 11 May 2024 |
Flight 13P of SpaceShipOne was its second powered flight, which occurred on April 8, 2004. The pilot was Peter Siebold. SpaceShipOne was released from... 2 KB (148 words) - 11:38, 6 August 2023 |
Flight 14P of SpaceShipOne was its third powered flight, which occurred on May 13, 2004. The pilot was Mike Melvill. SpaceShipOne was released from White... 2 KB (157 words) - 14:42, 31 January 2023 |
List of Virgin Galactic launches (section SpaceShipOne) series of vehicles, starting with SpaceShipOne, are more comparable to the X-15 than orbiting spacecraft like the Space Shuttle. Accelerating a spacecraft... 60 KB (3,000 words) - 07:06, 4 May 2024 |
unmanned, of SpaceShipOne July 29, 2003 — First manned captive flight of SpaceShipOne August 7, 2003 — First free-flight of SpaceShipOne December 17,... 40 KB (4,399 words) - 01:33, 21 February 2024 |
Flight 11P of SpaceShipOne was its eighth independent flight, its first powered flight, and the first privately funded crewed flight to reach supersonic... 4 KB (355 words) - 11:38, 6 August 2023 |
Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990s–2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White... 16 KB (2,164 words) - 05:56, 3 September 2023 |
Space Ship One is the seventh studio album by Paul Gilbert, best known as the guitarist of the hard rock band Mr. Big and formerly of Racer X. It was released... 3 KB (96 words) - 23:20, 1 September 2023 |
SpaceShip III (SS3, also with Roman numeral III; formerly SpaceShipThree) is an upcoming class of spaceplanes by Virgin Galactic to follow SpaceShipTwo... 11 KB (581 words) - 00:19, 15 April 2024 |
Mike Melvill (category Scaled Composites Tier One program) pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first... 8 KB (512 words) - 04:43, 12 April 2024 |
Scaled Composites White Knight (redirect from White Knight One) Two, a descendant which carries SpaceShipTwo into flight as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet. Following the SpaceShipOne flights, the White Knight was... 12 KB (1,053 words) - 19:53, 13 February 2024 |
Burt Rutan (category Space advocates) Rutan's sub-orbital spaceplane design SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded spacecraft to enter the realm of space, winning the Ansari X-Prize that... 54 KB (6,019 words) - 00:16, 6 May 2024 |
List of human spaceflights (redirect from List of crewed space missions) history Apollo-Soyuz flight history Space Shuttle flight history infographic Shenzhou flight history timeline SpaceShipOne flight history Portal: Spaceflight... 24 KB (715 words) - 17:06, 13 May 2024 |
Scaled Composites (category Mojave Air and Space Port) rocket-powered spacecraft was given the name SpaceShipOne. On December 17, 2003, they announced SpaceShipOne's first supersonic flight, the first flight... 23 KB (1,773 words) - 00:39, 5 May 2024 |
Sub-orbital spaceflight (redirect from Sub-orbital space flight) as entrants to the Ansari X Prize competition. The Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne was officially declared by Rick Searfoss to have won the competition... 30 KB (3,616 words) - 16:55, 10 May 2024 |
Spaceplane (redirect from Space plane) before rocketing beyond the Kármán line: the X-15 and SpaceShipOne. Spaceplanes must operate in space, like traditional spacecraft, but also must be capable... 34 KB (6,079 words) - 13:40, 6 May 2024 |
Peter Siebold (category Scaled Composites Tier One program) is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the... 10 KB (952 words) - 09:57, 21 February 2024 |
Doug Shane (category Scaled Composites Tier One program) was a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites... 6 KB (438 words) - 07:21, 16 June 2023 |
List of crewed spacecraft (section SpaceShipOne (2004)) History of the Space Shuttle". The Atlantic. "SpaceShipOne: The First Private Spacecraft – The Most Amazing Flying Machines Ever". Space.com. 5 March 2019... 39 KB (4,089 words) - 00:20, 7 May 2024 |
Paul Allen (category Space advocates) Trophy for SpaceShipOne. On March 9, 2005, Allen, Rutan, and the rest of the SpaceShipOne team were awarded the 2005 National Air and Space Museum Trophy... 139 KB (11,751 words) - 21:34, 14 May 2024 |
Astronaut (redirect from Health risks of space travel) civilian space agencies. With the suborbital flight of the privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut... 81 KB (7,684 words) - 21:23, 11 April 2024 |
Ansari X Prize (category Space-related awards) the Tier One project designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, using the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne. $10 million... 19 KB (2,024 words) - 22:53, 10 May 2024 |
Spaceport (redirect from Space ship launch sites) spaceflights. The spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, was launched by a carrier airplane taking off horizontally. At Cape Canaveral, SpaceX in 2015 made the first successful... 36 KB (2,185 words) - 21:27, 8 April 2024 |
Lynx would take off from a runway under rocket power. Unlike SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, Lynx would not require a mothership. Lynx was designed for... 89 KB (8,015 words) - 23:16, 8 May 2024 |
corps (Toyohiro Akiyama, Helen Sharman, the Space Adventures customers and the sub-orbital SpaceShipOne and Blue Origin pilots). As of February 2024[update]... 84 KB (9,329 words) - 06:54, 5 May 2024 |