Celebration @ Launch of SpaceShipOne

Mike Melvill celebrating atop SpaceShipOne as it is pulled in front of the press/VIP viewing area (photo courtesy Chuck Piotrowski) Mike Melvill hold sign: "SpaceShipOne GovernmentZero" (photo courtesy Chuck Piotrowski) ADSCN2234.JPG ADSCN2235.JPG ADSCN2236.JPG ASDSCN2233.JPG Pilot Mike Melvill, funder Paul Allen and Burt Rutan approach press stand Closeup view: Allen (left) Melvill (center) and Rutan (right) Mike Melvill greets crowd back at Scaled Composites Mike Melvill surrounded by people at Scaled SS-1 and security detail Buzz Aldrin checks out SS-1's enging and aft section SpaceShipOne's forward section SpaceShipOne and White Knight are now in hangar at Scaled Composites General, William Shatner and wives at SS-1 General and William Shatner checking out damage to SpaceShipOne DSCZ2245.JPG DSCZ2246.JPG DSCZ2247.JPG SS-1 rocket, running on rubber and laughing gas (NO2) Press and VIP/employee crowd at Scaled DSCZ2253.JPG DSCZ2254.JPG Back to our pages on the launch of SpaceShipOne

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