SpaceShipOne makes first private suborbital space flight
Test pilot Mike Melvill conducted the world's first private space flight June 21, piloting Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne into suborbital space after taking off from Mojave Airport in California. SpaceShipOne's carrier aircraft, the White Knight, took off with SpaceShipOne attached to its belly at...
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