19 years ago, Oct 4, 2004, I was one of thousands at Mojave Air & Space Port #KMHV to witness #SpaceShipOne piloted by Brian Binnie win $10M X-Prize for a 2nd space flight of the same craft in less than 2 weeks. They did it on the anniversary of Sputnik launch. #NewSpace #aviation
20 years ago, Oct 4, 2004: SpaceShipOne won the $10M X-Prize for a spacecraft to make two crewed space launches above 100km altitude in 2 weeks. I was there at Mojave Air & Space Port #KMHV to witness the #history. Some of my pictures. #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek