Raumfahrzeug
Raumschiff Space Ship One, auch Scaled Model 316, von Scaled Composites
Dating
Vorbild: 2003Description
Modell (1:20) des Raumschiffs Space Ship One, auch Scaled Model 316, von Scaled Composites.Signature / Inscription
Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "Scaled Composites"Object type
Object (three-dimensional)Geography
Territorium: USAMaterial / Technique
Metall, KunststoffInventory number
VHS-11993Legend
Model of SpaceShipOne (1:20)
Private spaceflight
On 21 June 2004 Mike Melvill becomes the first private pilot to exceed the 100 km high boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. Funded by billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the SpaceShipOne experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft is carried aloft to a height of 14 km by a launch aircraft, where it is drop-released. With two successful flights within two weeks, the project meets the Ansari X Prize criteria and wins USD 10 million.
Technical data
Main colour
weissType of propulsion
RaketentriebwerkSystematics
• Manned capsules