SpaceShipOne
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SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to 3,000 ft/s / 910 m/s using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a
SpaceShipOne after its flight into space, June 2004.
White Knight One launch aircraft
Flight 16P taxi pre launch
Launch of the rockets on SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipTwo
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The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company o
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…rocket in 2004. With the success of Tier One meeting its project goals, a successor project started in 2004 was Tier 1b. The successor ships are named SpaceShipTwo and White Knight Two. The name of the joint venture between Virgin Group and Scaled Composites is called The Spaceship Company, with a goal of carrying…
SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity in the Virgin Galactic Final Assembly Integration Test Hangar
Full-scale mock-up of SpaceShipTwo in Virgin Galactic livery
SpaceShipTwo in a captive flight configuration underneath White Knight Two, during the runway dedication of Spaceport America in October 2010. VMS Eve is shown carrying VSS Enterprise.
The firing of SpaceShipTwo's rocket engines during its first powered flight in April 2013