(Upper left and upper right) On June 21, 2004 SpaceShipOne became the first privately owned craft to visit space. In competition for the X-Prize, it successfully completed two more flights to space on September 29 (lower left) and October 4, 2004(lower right). The pilot for the first two flights was Mike Melvill. The pilot for the final, winning flight was Brian Binnie. The $10,000,000 X-Prize went to Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites who designed and built the craft in Mojave, California. Mojave airport, although small, is the first landlocked space port in history. -
Copyright 2005 by Kelly Glazner for National Postcard Week May 1-17, 2005 (should be May 1-7) Limited edition #78 of 100. - unused
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