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SpaceShipOne's First Piloted Private Spaceflight

A strange-looking craft left a carrier plane over Mojave and aimed for the edge of space. Its short flight hinted at a different future for human space travel.

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SpaceShipOne and pilot Mike Melvill during the 21 June 2004 private suborbital flight from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
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A strange-looking craft left a carrier plane over Mojave and aimed for the edge of space. Its short flight hinted at a…