Spaceship One: A Milestone in Private Space Exploration
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Spaceship One, created by Paul Allen and Dick Rutan, is a groundbreaking spacecraft displayed at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum. It claimed the X Prize by completing two space flights within two weeks, carried by the mothercraft White Knight to a height of over 15,000 meters. Powered by a hybrid rocket motor, Spaceship One reached over 102 kilometers in its space-bound trajectory after a rocket burn of 84 seconds.
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