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SpaceShipOne
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.
Created By:
Eric Long
Date Created:
08/24/2015
Source:
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, NASM Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026.
Keywords:
Astronauts; Aviators; Commercial; Competition Flight; Entrepreneurs; Human Spaceflight; Inventors; Missions; People; Records & Firsts; Space; Space Tourism; Spacecraft; Women
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