CANCEL
Flight 16P (SpaceShipOne)
Launch Date
September 29, 2004
Craft
SpaceShipOne
Status
Past
Crew
1
Flight 16P (SpaceShipOne)
Launch Date
September 29, 2004
Craft
SpaceShipOne
Status
Past
Crew
1
Overview
This was a suborbital spaceflight that reached 102.9 km and satisfied all U.S. and international definitions for spacefligiht and was the first mission of the Ansari X Prize to prove that private companies, not just governments, could safely build reusable spaceships.
Crafts
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.
