RocketSTEM Issue #9 - October 2014 | Page 48

SpaceShipOne (left) on short final approach after its first flight into space on June 21, 2004. Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network The White Knight turbojet aircraft (above) climbs over the Mojave desert with SpaceShipOne attached below. Credit: Scaled Composites, LLC Mike Melvill celebrates atop SpaceShipOne (right) after completion of his first of two trips to outer space aboard the vehicle. Credit: The Howling Phaedrus (flickr) 46 46 www.RocketSTEM .org