Build by Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites, the twin fuselage, four engine, all carbon composite aircraft is designed to lift SpaceShipTwo to its launch altitude. SpaceShipTwo, scheduled to start flight testing later this year, will conduct passenger flights into space.(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2009)
Spaceship 1, the worlds first privately funded crewed spacecraft, made three flights over 100km altitude during 2004. These photos were taken at EAA Airventure 2005. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2005)
Spaceship 1 on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2007)
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