SpaceShipOne wins $10 million Ansari X-Prize! SpaceShipOne flew into suborbital space for the second time in five days, securing the $10 million Ansari X-Prize.
SpaceShipOne wins $10 million Ansari X-Prize! SpaceShipOne rocketed to a winning height of 367,442 feet (112 kilometers), setting a new altitude record for the craft and proving that private industry can build a viable vehicle for sending paying passengers to space.
SpaceShipOne wins $10 million Ansari X-Prize! The Ansari X-Prize is a $10 million purse for the first privately built vehicle that could safely haul a pilot and the equivalent weight of two passengers to the edge of space -- then repeat the feat within two weeks.