On October 4, 2004,
SpaceShipOne rocketed into history,
becoming the first private manned
spacecraft to exceed an altitude
of 328,000 feet twice within the
span of a 14 day period, thus
claiming the ten million dollar
Ansari X-Prize.
SpaceShipOne is now preserved in the National Air and Space Museum at Washington DC, pictured behind is the Ryan NYP Spirit of St Louis