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Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One program, with the previous three test flights reaching much lower altitudes. The flight carried only its pilot, Mike Melvill, who thus became the first non-governmental astronaut.
SpaceShipOne's first official spaceflight, known as flight 15P, was piloted by Mike Melvill. A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the first commercial spaceport licensed in the United States.
SpaceShipOne's first official spaceflight, known as flight 15P, was piloted by Mike Melvill. A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the first commercial spaceport licensed in the United States. A few hours after that flight, Melvill became the first licensed U.S. commercial astronaut.
Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One program, with the previous three test flights reaching much lower altitudes. The flight carried only its pilot, Mike Melvill, who thus became the first non-governmental astronaut.
After months of glide tests, the first powered flight, SpaceShipOne flight 11P, was made on December 17, 2003. Further powered tests followed, reaching increasing altitudes, culminating on June 21, 2004 with the first privately funded human spaceflight, SpaceShipOne flight 15P. Ansari X Prize competitive flights followed.
Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of space, flight 15P on June 21, 2004, [3] thus becoming the first commercial astronaut, and the 435th person to go into space. [4] He was also the pilot on SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition. [5]
SpaceShipOne flight 15P; SpaceShipOne flight 16P; SpaceShipOne flight 17P This page was last edited on 10 November 2020, at 07:16 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Flight 15P, SpaceShipOne: First human spaceflight of commercial spaceship. 245 Michael W. Melvill (2) 29 September 2004 Flight 16P, SpaceShipOne: Ansari X Prize flight #1. 246 W. Brian Binnie: 4 October 2004 Flight 17P, SpaceShipOne: Ansari X Prize flight #2, winning the prize. 247 Yuri Shargin: 14 October 2004 Soyuz TMA-5: ISS: 24 October 2004 ...