SpaceShipOne Launch in Mojave:
Gallery One (Pre-Launch)

AVweb was on-site in the burning-hot Mojave Desert to watch the historic launch of SpaceShipOne. Have a look around the launch site with these photos taken during Sunday's preparations, then check out our launch day gallery.

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Scaled composites – not your average workplaceVery Light Jets – a good (if old) idea
A flower in the desert, making historyThere’s more than one reason NASA would have run way over budget
Dick Rutan prepares for an entirely different kind of flightSunday at 5:30 p.m. local time — lining up for parking
The airport cafe.“There’s a reason we don’t do this sort of thing every day.”
– Burt Rutan

 

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