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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000), Cockpit

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000), Cockpit

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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SCALED COMPOSITES Model 316 TIER ONE SpaceShipOne (SS1) (NASM ARTIFACT); MUSEUMS, SI, NASM, EXHIBITS, UDVAR-HAZY CENTER (UHC)

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

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Scaled Composites Model 316 Tier One SpaceShipOne; Museums, Smithsonian, Exhibits, NASM, Boeing Milestones of Flight

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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SpaceShipOne (A20050459000)

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
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Scaled Composites Model 316 Tier One SpaceShipOne; Museums, Smithsonian, Exhibits, NASM, Boeing Milestones of Flight

Rocket-powered spacecraft with twin swept wing-tail booms, designed for suborbital flight; hybrid propulsion system (solid rubber fuel and liquid nitrous oxide); pivoting wings "feather" for stable reentry; white body with blue stars on nose and underside; round windows across nose; three-seater cabin.
SpaceShipOne Nose

Image of the nose of SpaceShipOne, which completed the first manned private spaceflight in 2004.
SpaceShipOne With Feathering Deployed

SpaceShipOne with its iconic feathering deployed in the Museum's Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.
SpaceShipOne

SpaceShipOne has no heat shield or retro-rockets for reentry because it doesn’t need them, unlike earlier spacecraft.
SpaceShipOne Feathered Wings

With a unique design feature of jointed "feathered" wings, SpaceShipOne operated much like a badminton shuttlecock. Upon reaching top altitude, it tipped over for a smoother, more efficient reentry.
SpaceShipOne Closeup Rainbow Striping

Closeup of rainbow striping painted on the wings and fuselage of SpaceShipOne. This temperature-sensitive paint was a low-cost, reliable way to determine the temperatures endured by the spacecraft.
Richard Branson with Model of SpaceShipOne

Richard Branson with model of SpaceShipOne in Mar 2006, CARL DE SOUZA / AFP / Getty Images
SpaceShipOne Team Celebrate

SpaceShipOne team celebrate winning the X-Prize
SpaceShipOne and White Knight Mothership

As it was carried to its launch altitude, SpaceShipOne hung beneath the larger White Knight aircraft.
SpaceShipOne Panorama
SpaceShipOne signaled the beginning of a new age of spaceflight. The privately built and piloted craft reached space and returned safely to Earth in 2004. The successful flight marked a major milestone toward the future of commercial spaceflight. Despite the success of SpaceShipOne and other private ventures, spaceflight continues to be a logistical and monetary challenge.

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This object is on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

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This privately built, piloted craft reached space and returned safely, expanding opportunities for commercial spaceflight.

Launched from its White Knight mothership, the rocket-powered SpaceShipOne and its pilot ascended just beyond the atmosphere, arced through space (but not into orbit), then glided safely back to Earth. The flight lasted 24 minutes, with 3 minutes of weightlessness. Its three record-setting flights were:

* 100 kilometers (62 miles) altitude*; Mike Melvill, pilot; June 21, 2004

* 102 kilometers (64 miles) altitude; Mike Melvill, pilot: September 29, 2004

* 112 kilometers (70 miles) altitude; Brian Binnie, pilot; October 4, 2004

With SpaceShipOne, private enterprise crossed the threshold into human spaceflight, previously the domain of government programs. The SpaceShipOne team aimed for a simple, robust, and reliable vehicle design that could make affordable space travel and tourism possible.

SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize for repeated flights in a privately developed reusable spacecraft, the Collier Trophy for greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in 2004, and the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement.

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Location

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition

Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall

Inventory Number

A20050459000

Key Accomplishment(s)

First Commercial Flight Into Space

Brief Description

In 2004, SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize as the first privately developed space vehicle capable of carrying three people into suborbital spaceflight. It helped inaugurate an interest in spaceflight for ordinary citizens.

Credit Line

Gift of Paul G. Allen

Designer

Scaled Composites

Manufacturer

Scaled Composites

Country of Origin

United States of America

Materials

Body: Composite (graphite epoxy), metal, plastic

Interior: Fabric, plastic, metals, hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Motor: Composite (graphite epoxy), elastomeric compound, metal, ablative material

Dimensions

Overall: 8ft 10 5/16in. x 27ft 10 5/8in. x 26ft 10 13/16in., 2408lb. (270 x 850 x 820cm)

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use.

Type

SPACECRAFT-Manned

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