Flight 15P (SpaceShipOne)
Flight 15P (SpaceShipOne)
Launch Date
June 21, 2004
Craft
SpaceShipOne
Status
Past
Crew
1
Flight 15P (SpaceShipOne)
Flight 15P (SpaceShipOne)
Launch Date
June 21, 2004
Craft
SpaceShipOne
Status
Past
Crew
1
Overview
This was a suborbital spaceflight that reached 100.1 km and satisfied all U.S. and international definitions for spacefligiht. It was the first privately funded suborbital human spaceflight and the second privately funded human space mission following MirCorp's Soyuz TM-30's mission to Space Station Mir.
Crafts
SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne flew the first commercial spaceflight in 2004. A suborbital rocket-powered aircraft, SpaceShipOne completed three flights that crossed the 100 km boundary to space.