Mojave Air and Space Port
1935 to present, spaceport since 2004
Site Details
- Country: United States
- Operator: Mojave Air and Space Port district
- Type: Commercial
Overview
The first facility licensed for horizontal takeoff spaceflight. SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X Prize here in 2004 as the first private crewed spaceflight. Scaled Composites, Virgin Galactic test campaigns, and countless experimental aircraft have made this desert airport the clubhouse of entrepreneurial space.
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