22 years ago today, SpaceShipOne, funded by Microsoft’s Paul Allen, became the first private manned spacecraft to fly into sub-orbital space. That same year, its innovative design won the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Piloted and returned to Earth by Mike Melvill, he became the first-ever licensed US commercial astronaut. WATCH a Smithsonian video about […] The post Good News in History, October 4 appeared first on Good News Network.
22 years ago today, SpaceShipOne, funded by Microsoft’s Paul Allen, became the first private manned spacecraft to fly into sub-orbital space. That same year, its innovative design won the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Piloted and returned to Earth by Mike Melvill, he became the first-ever licensed US commercial astronaut. WATCH a Smithsonian video about […]
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