Scaled Composites

SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to / using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry system where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folds 70 degrees upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increases drag while retaining stability. SpaceShipOne completed the first crewed private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it won the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was name

The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.

American aerospace company

unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator built by Northrop Grumman

American transport aircraft

airplane

quadjet from Scaled Composites

facility located in Mojave, California

unmanned combat aircraft demonstrator built by Northrop Grumman

jet-powered carrier aircraft used to launch SpaceShipOne

test pilot

American experimental aircraft

prototype single-stage-to-orbit rocket

spacecraft

2002 general aviation aircraft by Adam Aircraft Industries

United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut (1953–2022)

tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle prototype

company

planned suborbital, air-launched spaceplane

intelligence gathering aircraft

spacecraft manufacturing company

suborbital human spaceflight program using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne

engine test bed and demonstration aircraft designed by Scaled Composites