SpaceShipOne lands safely after reaching space for the second time in less than a week. It WINS the Ansari X Prize of $10 MILLION to the first private spacecraft which can complete two spaceflights within a two-week time frame. The photo here is of SpaceShipOne landing after completing this historic flight. ONLY IN AMERICA!
CONGRATULATIONS to Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, pilots Michael Melvill and Brian Binnie, and the entire SpaceShipOne team on this magnificent achievement which not only puts it on the same historic par as Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but opens up an entirely new era of manned spaceflight by private firms!