It was a one-of-a-kind moment for a throng of well-wishers, including this reporter, all in nose-up, sky-squinting position at California's Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Let loose from its White ...

White Knight and SpaceShipOne seen rising against the "boneyard" of stored planes at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Twenty years ago Friday, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade ...

The exhibit 'honors Mike Melvill, the nation's first commercial astronaut who flew SpaceShipOne above 100 kilometers on June 21, 2004.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

SpaceShipOne tales told By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Laura Rauch / AP Brian Binnie rides on SpaceShipOne after his flight to win the Ansari X Prize on Oct. 4, 2004. A new book chronicles ...

A 2004 Peabody Award was granted to the documentary Black Sky: The Race for Space, which chronicled the development effort behind the pioneering SpaceShipOne crewed suborbital spaceship. The award, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Test pilot Mike Melvill wore this ...

When the suborbital craft SpaceShipOne first lifted off from the Mojave desert in June of 2004, it ignited lofty dreams of space travel for tourists. Now, it's fueling a feud between its two creators.

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors that contributed to their success. Although they served very different ...