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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Scaled Composites, LLC</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Scaled_Composites_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/Scaled_Composites_logo.png/220px-Scaled_Composites_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Scaled_Composites_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="162" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace industry">Aerospace industry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Burt_Rutan" title="Burt Rutan">Burt Rutan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mojave,_California" title="Mojave, California">Mojave, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Greg Morris, President<br />Jennifer Santiago, Executive Vice President<br /> Kevin Mickey, President Emeritus</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Air vehicle design, tooling, and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight test</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Over 200</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scaled.com/">www<wbr />.scaled<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411762#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Scaled Composites</b> (often called simply <b>Scaled</b>) is an American <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">aerospace company</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Burt_Rutan" title="Burt Rutan">Burt Rutan</a> and currently owned by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a>. It is located at the <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Air_and_Space_Port" title="Mojave Air and Space Port">Mojave Air and Space Port</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mojave,_California" title="Mojave, California">Mojave, California</a>, United States. Founded to develop <a href="/wiki/Experimental_aircraft" title="Experimental aircraft">experimental aircraft</a>, the company now focuses on designing and developing concept craft and <a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">prototype</a> fabrication processes for aircraft and other vehicles. It is known for unconventional designs, for its use of non-metal, <a href="/wiki/Composite_material" title="Composite material">composite materials</a>, and for winning the <a href="/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize" title="Ansari X Prize">Ansari X Prize</a> with its experimental spacecraft <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne" title="SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Company_history">Company history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Company history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scaled Composites was established in 1982 and purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft" title="Beechcraft">Beech Aircraft Corporation</a> in 1985, as a result of the collaboration on the <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship" title="Beechcraft Starship">Starship</a> project. In 1988, Beech's parent company, Raytheon, sold Scaled back to Rutan, who then sold it to <a href="/wiki/Wyman-Gordon" title="Wyman-Gordon">Wyman-Gordon</a>. After Wyman-Gordon was acquired by Precision Castparts Corp., Rutan and ten investors re-acquired the company as Scaled Composites, LLC. Northrop Grumman, a major shareholder in the company with a 40% stake, said it would acquire the company outright on July 20, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both companies said Northrop Grumman's acquisition would not affect Scaled Composites' strategy or involve replacing Burt Rutan as senior manager.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition by Northrop Grumman was completed on August 24, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rutan retired in April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ben Diachun, a long time employee, was president of Scaled from Oct 31, 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cory Bird, another long-time employee, became president of Scaled in April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_projects">Early projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before forming Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan had designed several aircraft for amateur builders, including the <a href="/wiki/Rutan_VariEze" title="Rutan VariEze">VariEze</a>, often considered one of general aviation's most innovative designs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also designed the <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship" title="Beechcraft Starship">Beechcraft Starship</a>, which was a commercial failure. These aircraft were distinctive because of their <a href="/wiki/Canard_(aeronautics)" title="Canard (aeronautics)">canard</a> configuration, <a href="/wiki/Wingtip_device" title="Wingtip device">winglets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pusher_configuration" title="Pusher configuration">pusher</a> propellers. </p><p>In 2005, the single-jet <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">GlobalFlyer</a> was flown by billionaire adventurer <a href="/wiki/Steve_Fossett" title="Steve Fossett">Steve Fossett</a> on the first solo non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world, and later in the longest flight in history: 41,467.53 km (25,766.73 mi). It had been designed by Rutan, with aerodynamics by <a href="/wiki/John_Roncz" title="John Roncz">John Roncz</a>, and built by Scaled Composites.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the Model 311. </p><p>Although their role was not widely publicized, Rutan and Roncz, who had provided aerodynamics support to a number of previous Rutan projects including Starship, helped design, and Scaled Composites manufactured, the double slotted wing mast for the <a href="/wiki/Stars_%26_Stripes_(yacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stars & Stripes (yacht)"><i>Stars & Stripes</i> catamaran</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Conner" title="Dennis Conner">Dennis Conner</a>'s entry in the <a href="/wiki/1988_America%27s_Cup" title="1988 America's Cup">1988 America's Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: SpaceShipOne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_SpaceShipOne" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne">Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/220px-Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/330px-Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/440px-Flight_16P_taxi_pre-launch_photo_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2660" data-file-height="1308" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight" title="Scaled Composites White Knight">White Knight</a> carries SpaceShipOne on <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne_flight_16P" title="SpaceShipOne flight 16P">Flight 16P</a> September 29, 2004.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commercial_Astronaut-_Michael_Winston_%22Mike%22_Melvill_-_Sir_Richard_Charles_Nicholas_Branson_-_Elbert_Leander_%22Burt%22_Rutan_-_William_Brian_Binnie_with_Paul_Gardner_Allen_by_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Commercial_Astronaut-_Michael_Winston_%22Mike%22_Melvill_-_Sir_Richard_Charles_Nicholas_Branson_-_Elbert_Leander_%22Burt%22_Rutan_-_William_Brian_Binnie_with_Paul_Gardner_Allen_by_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Commercial_Astronaut-_Michael_Winston_%22Mike%22_Melvill_-_Sir_Richard_Charles_Nicholas_Branson_-_Elbert_Leander_%22Burt%22_Rutan_-_William_Brian_Binnie_with_Paul_Gardner_Allen_by_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Commercial_Astronaut-_Michael_Winston_%22Mike%22_Melvill_-_Sir_Richard_Charles_Nicholas_Branson_-_Elbert_Leander_%22Burt%22_Rutan_-_William_Brian_Binnie_with_Paul_Gardner_Allen_by_Don_Ramey_Logan.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1684" data-file-height="1260" /></a><figcaption>(L to R) Marion Blakely, FAA - Chief. Commercial Astronaut- Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill - Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan - William Brian Binnie & Paul Gardner Allen reflect on a mission accomplished (October 4, 2004)</figcaption></figure> <p>The company announced in April 2003 that it was working on a privately funded <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a>, in an attempt to win the <a href="/wiki/Ansari_X_PRIZE" class="mw-redirect" title="Ansari X PRIZE">Ansari X PRIZE</a> for the first private crewed spaceflight. This experimental rocket-powered spacecraft was given the name <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_SpaceShipOne" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</a>. On December 17, 2003, they announced SpaceShipOne's first <a href="/wiki/Supersonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Supersonic">supersonic</a> flight, the first flight of its kind by a privately funded aircraft. SpaceShipOne successfully made this flight, reaching 68,000 feet (21,000 m) and 930 mph (<a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach</a> 1.2). The craft was taken aloft by the <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight" title="Scaled Composites White Knight">White Knight</a> carrier aircraft. On the same day, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a>, one of the founders of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, confirmed publicly the rumors that he was the <a href="/wiki/Angel_investor" title="Angel investor">angel investor</a> behind the SpaceShipOne venture. </p><p>On April 1, 2004, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Transportation">U.S. Department of Transportation</a> issued the company what it called the world's first license for a sub-orbital crewed rocket flight.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The license was approved by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Commercial_Space_Transportation" title="Office of Commercial Space Transportation">Office of Commercial Space Transportation</a>, which has backed licenses for more than 150 commercial launches of uncrewed launch vehicles in its 20 years, but never a license for crewed flight on a sub-orbital trajectory. The <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojave Airport">Mojave Airport</a>, operating part-time as <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Spaceport" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojave Spaceport">Mojave Spaceport</a>, is the launch point for SpaceShipOne. SpaceShipOne performed the first privately funded human spaceflight on June 21, 2004. <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne_flight_16P" title="SpaceShipOne flight 16P">Flight 16P</a> on September 29, 2004, and <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne_flight_17P" title="SpaceShipOne flight 17P">Flight 17P</a> on October 4, 2004, won the X-Prize for Scaled Composites and SpaceShipOne. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stratolaunch_Carrier_Aircraft">Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch" title="Scaled Composites Stratolaunch">Scaled Composites Stratolaunch</a></div> <p>Scaled Composites Model 351 (nicknamed the "Roc") was built for <a href="/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems" title="Stratolaunch Systems">Stratolaunch Systems</a> to provide a platform from which <a href="/wiki/Air_launch_to_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Air launch to orbit">air-launch</a> space missions can be staged.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2015, Scaled Composites president Kevin Mickey stated the company has so far assembled "roughly 200,000 pounds of composite structure" for the vehicle and if put on a football field, "its wingtips would extend beyond the goalposts by 15 feet on each side."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each of the twin fuselages of the aircraft is 238 feet (73 m) long and will be supported by 12 main landing gear wheels and two nose gear wheels. It will require 12,000 feet of runway to lift-off.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rutan_Aircraft_Factory_aircraft">Rutan Aircraft Factory aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rutan Aircraft Factory aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Variviggen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Variviggen.jpg/220px-Variviggen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Variviggen.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="215" /></a><figcaption>Rutan Aircraft's first – Model 32 VariViggen (1972)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg/220px-NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg/330px-NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg/440px-NOAA-Long-EZ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ</figcaption></figure> <p>Burt Rutan created Rutan Aircraft Factory to market a commercial variation of his Model "VariViggen" prototype" he began building in his garage in 1968 which he called The Model 32, also known as the VariViggen SP. This model utilized a slightly longer fuselage, larger span and winglets in order to increase efficiency. Within 8 years after its founding, this company became one of the world's important aircraft design and prototyping companies.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Rutan_Aircraft_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutan Aircraft Factory">Rutan Aircraft Factory</a> sold over 600 plan sets for the VariViggen to homebuilders, and eventually about 20 of the aircraft were built. Following the crash of one in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, in September 2006 due to wing tank fuel contamination,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fewer than five are currently still flying. The prototype aircraft, N27VV, was donated to the <a href="/wiki/Experimental_Aircraft_Association" title="Experimental Aircraft Association">EAA</a> AirVenture Museum in 1988. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_VariViggen" title="Rutan VariViggen">Model 27 VariViggen</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_VariEze" title="Rutan VariEze">Model 31 VariEze</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_VariViggen" title="Rutan VariViggen">Model 32 VariViggen SP</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_VariEze" title="Rutan VariEze">Model 33 VariEze</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_AD-1" title="NASA AD-1">Model 35 AD-1</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Defiant" title="Rutan Defiant">Model 40/74 Defiant</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Quickie" title="Rutan Quickie">Model 54 Quickie</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Long-EZ" title="Rutan Long-EZ">Model 61 Long-EZ</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_AD-1" title="NASA AD-1">NASA AD-1</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMSOIL_Racer" title="AMSOIL Racer">Model 68 AMSOIL Racer</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_T-46" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild Republic T-46">Model 73 NGT</a>: Three-fifths scale model of <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Aircraft" title="Fairchild Aircraft">Fairchild</a> <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_T-46" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild Republic T-46">T-46</a> trainer (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Grizzly" title="Rutan Grizzly">Model 72 Grizzly (1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Voyager" title="Rutan Voyager">Model 76 Voyager</a>: First aircraft to <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigate</a> the Earth non-refueled, non-stop (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Solitaire" title="Rutan Solitaire">Model 77 Solitaire</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Catbird" title="Scaled Composites Catbird">Model 81 Catbird</a> (1988) five-seat single-engine aircraft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Boomerang" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaled Composites Boomerang">Model 202 Boomerang</a>: (1996) Asymmetric 5 seat aircraft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Vanguard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Vanguard (page does not exist)">Model 437 Vanguard</a>: multi-mission military demonstration aircraft with both manned and unmanned capabilities<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scaled_Composites_aircraft">Scaled Composites aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Scaled Composites aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Model</th> <th>Name</th> <th>First<br />flight</th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>115</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship" title="Beechcraft Starship">Beechcraft Starship</a></td> <td>1982</td> <td>85% scale prototype, twin-turboprop, canard <a href="/wiki/Business_aircraft" title="Business aircraft">business aircraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="B-2 Spirit">B-2 Spirit</a></td> <td></td> <td>Scale model for <a href="/wiki/Radar_cross-section" class="mw-redirect" title="Radar cross-section">radar cross-section</a> tests of the <a href="/wiki/Stealth_bomber" class="mw-redirect" title="Stealth bomber">stealth bomber</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>133</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ATTT" title="Scaled Composites ATTT">ATTT</a></td> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/STOL" title="STOL">STOL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tandem-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Tandem-wing">tandem-wing</a> transport demonstrator </td></tr> <tr> <td>143</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Triumph" title="Scaled Composites Triumph">Triumph</a></td> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Three-surface_aircraft" title="Three-surface aircraft">Three-surface</a>, twin-engine <a href="/wiki/Very_light_jet" title="Very light jet">very light jet</a> prototype for <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft" title="Beechcraft">Beechcraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/IAI_Searcher" title="IAI Searcher">IAI Searcher</a></td> <td>1992</td> <td>larger <a href="/wiki/AAI_RQ-2_Pioneer" title="AAI RQ-2 Pioneer">AAI RQ-2 Pioneer</a> reconnaissance <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAV</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/BQM-145_Peregrine" title="BQM-145 Peregrine">Model TRA324 Scarab</a></td> <td>1992</td> <td>Reconnaissance <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAV</a> for <a href="/wiki/Teledyne_Ryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Teledyne Ryan">Teledyne Ryan</a> (Northrop Grumman since 1999) </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/DC-X" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-X">DC-X</a></td> <td>1993</td> <td>structural aeroshell and control surfaces for <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>151</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ARES" title="Scaled Composites ARES">ARES</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td>single-jet <a href="/wiki/Close_Air_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="Close Air Support">Close Air Support</a> demonstrator </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus rocket">Pegasus rocket</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td>Wings and fins for <a href="/wiki/Orbital_ATK" title="Orbital ATK">Orbital ATK</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>158</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer" title="Scaled Composites Pond Racer">Pond Racer</a></td> <td>1990</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Twin-boom" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin-boom">twin-boom</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Air race">air racer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_Eagle_Eye" title="Bell Eagle Eye">Bell Eagle Eye</a></td> <td>1998</td> <td>UAV <a href="/wiki/Tiltrotor" title="Tiltrotor">tiltrotor</a> demonstrator for <a href="/wiki/Bell_Helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Helicopter">Bell Helicopter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_205&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 205 (page does not exist)">205</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_206&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 206 (page does not exist)">206</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1991 designs for <a href="/wiki/Air_launch_to_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Air launch to orbit">airlaunch</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">booster rocket</a> heavier than 500,000 lb (230 t)<sup id="cite_ref-pm20120120_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pm20120120-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Orion Industries UAV Model 706 Sea Bat</td> <td>1995</td> <td>UAV prototype for the US Navy<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>247</td> <td><a href="/wiki/VisionAire_Vantage" title="VisionAire Vantage">Vantage</a></td> <td>1996</td> <td>prototype single-engine <a href="/wiki/Very_light_jet" title="Very light jet">very light jet</a> for <a href="/wiki/VisionAire" class="mw-redirect" title="VisionAire">VisionAire</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>271</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_V-Jet_II" title="Williams V-Jet II">V-Jet II</a></td> <td>1997</td> <td>single jet demonstrator for <a href="/wiki/Williams_International" title="Williams International">Williams International</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>276</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NASA_X-38" title="NASA X-38">NASA X-38</a></td> <td>1998</td> <td>fuselage of experimental emergency <a href="/wiki/Re-entry_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Re-entry vehicle">re-entry vehicle</a> for the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>281</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus" title="Scaled Composites Proteus">Proteus</a></td> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/High-Altitude_Long_Endurance" class="mw-redirect" title="High-Altitude Long Endurance">High-Altitude Long Endurance</a> twinjet with <a href="/wiki/Tandem_wing" title="Tandem wing">tandem wings</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rotary_Rocket" title="Rotary Rocket">Roton ATV</a></td> <td>1999</td> <td>Fuselage for the <a href="/wiki/Rotary_Rocket" title="Rotary Rocket">Rotary Rocket</a> concept of a reusable <a href="/wiki/Single-stage-to-orbit" title="Single-stage-to-orbit">SSTO</a> manned <a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>287</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NASA_ERAST_Program" title="NASA ERAST Program">NASA ERAST Program</a></td> <td></td> <td>proof of concept model for 85,000 ft (26,000 m) <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAV</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="not mentioned in linked article (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>309</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M-309_CarbonAero" class="mw-redirect" title="M-309 CarbonAero">M-309 CarbonAero</a></td> <td>2000</td> <td>Piston <a href="/wiki/Push-pull_configuration" title="Push-pull configuration">push-pull</a> six-seater prototype for the <a href="/wiki/Adam_A500" title="Adam A500">Adam A500</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>326</td> <td><a href="/wiki/X-47A_Pegasus" class="mw-redirect" title="X-47A Pegasus">X-47A Pegasus</a></td> <td>2001</td> <td>Northrop Grumman <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Combat_Aerial_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle">Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle</a> demonstrator </td></tr> <tr> <td>302</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_TA-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyota TA-1">Toyota TA-1</a></td> <td>2002</td> <td>prototype <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> four-seater for <a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>316</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_SpaceShipOne" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</a></td> <td>2003</td> <td>experimental <a href="/wiki/Sub-orbital" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub-orbital">sub-orbital</a> ship for <a href="/wiki/Air_launch" title="Air launch">air launch</a>, within <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Tier_One" title="Scaled Composites Tier One">Tier One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>318</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight" title="Scaled Composites White Knight">White Knight</a></td> <td>2003</td> <td>twinjet <a href="/wiki/Mother_ship" title="Mother ship">mother ship</a> for <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne" title="SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</a> derived from <a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus" title="Scaled Composites Proteus">Proteus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>311</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer</a></td> <td>2004</td> <td>Solo <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">Jet aircraft</a> for nonstop <a href="/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>339</td> <td><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a></td> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Galactic" title="Virgin Galactic">Virgin Galactic</a>'s air-launched <a href="/wiki/Sub-orbital" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub-orbital">Sub-orbital</a> ship for <a href="/wiki/Space_tourism" title="Space tourism">space tourism</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>348</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight_Two" title="Scaled Composites White Knight Two">White Knight Two</a></td> <td>2008</td> <td>quadjet <a href="/wiki/Mother_ship" title="Mother ship">mother ship</a> lifting the <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a> to altitude </td></tr> <tr> <td>351</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch" title="Scaled Composites Stratolaunch">Stratolaunch</a></td> <td>2019</td> <td>built for <a href="/wiki/Stratolaunch_Systems" title="Stratolaunch Systems">Stratolaunch Systems</a> to carry <a href="/wiki/Air_launch_to_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Air launch to orbit">air launch to orbit</a> rockets, largest aircraft by <a href="/wiki/Wingspan" title="Wingspan">wingspan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>367</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Model_367_BiPod" title="Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod">BiPod</a></td> <td>2011</td> <td>experimental hybrid electric <a href="/wiki/Flying_car" title="Flying car">flying car</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>395</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus#Model_395_development" title="Scaled Composites Proteus">Proteus</a> development</td> <td></td> <td>Proposed unmanned and armed version for the <a href="/wiki/USAF_Hunter-Killer" title="USAF Hunter-Killer">USAF Hunter-Killer</a> program </td></tr> <tr> <td>396</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk#Variants" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4 Global Hawk variant</a></td> <td></td> <td>Smaller, armed version of the <a href="/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4 Global Hawk</a> for the <a href="/wiki/USAF_Hunter-Killer" title="USAF Hunter-Killer">USAF Hunter-Killer</a> program </td></tr> <tr> <td>400</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T-X_program#Northrop_Grumman_/_BAE_Systems" title="T-X program">Swift</a></td> <td>2016</td> <td>jet trainer contender for the <a href="/wiki/T-X_program" title="T-X program">T-X program</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>401</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_401" title="Scaled Composites 401">Deimos & Phobos</a></td> <td>2017</td> <td>manned and unmanned <a href="/wiki/Close_Air_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="Close Air Support">Close Air Support</a> demonstrators </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LauncherOne" title="LauncherOne">LauncherOne</a></td> <td>2020</td> <td>Air-launched rocket for <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Orbit" title="Virgin Orbit">Virgin Orbit</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Voyager_aircraft.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Model 76 Voyager"><img alt="Model 76 Voyager" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Voyager_aircraft.jpg/120px-Voyager_aircraft.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Voyager_aircraft.jpg/180px-Voyager_aircraft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Voyager_aircraft.jpg/240px-Voyager_aircraft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2348" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Model 76 Voyager</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NASA-2000Starship.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Beechcraft 2000 Starship, based upon the Model 115"><img alt="Beechcraft 2000 Starship, based upon the Model 115" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NASA-2000Starship.jpg/120px-NASA-2000Starship.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NASA-2000Starship.jpg/180px-NASA-2000Starship.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NASA-2000Starship.jpg/240px-NASA-2000Starship.jpg 2x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Beechcraft 2000 Starship, based upon the Model 115</div> </li> </ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg/300px-JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg/450px-JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg/600px-JetZero_blended_wing_body_aircraft_prototype_concept_art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5100" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption>A rendering of the <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> blended wing body aircraft project; 4-year contract awarded to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jetzero.aero/">JetZero</a> in August 2023, will be built in collaboration with Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_aircraft_projects">Other aircraft projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other aircraft projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>US flight based testing and evaluation of the <a href="/wiki/GippsAero_GA8_Airvan" title="GippsAero GA8 Airvan">GippsAero GA8 Airvan</a> manufactured by <a href="/wiki/GippsAero" title="GippsAero">GippsAero</a> of <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria, Australia</a>, including flight evaluation of the external belly cargo pod. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Scaled Composites will work with <a href="/wiki/JetZero" title="JetZero">JetZero</a> in helping to develop a prototype <a href="/wiki/Blended_wing_body" title="Blended wing body">blended wing body</a> Z-5 demonstrator tanker aircraft Next Generation Air-Refueling System (NGAS) for the US Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-aircraft_work">Non-aircraft work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Non-aircraft work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stars_%26_Stripes_(yacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stars & Stripes (yacht)"><i>Stars & Stripes</i></a>: The <a href="/wiki/Catamaran" title="Catamaran">catamaran</a> that formed <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Conner" title="Dennis Conner">Dennis Conner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> entry for the <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Cup" title="America's Cup">America's Cup</a> yacht race (1988)</li> <li>Power Augmented Ram Landing Craft (PARLC): For the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Ultralite" title="General Motors Ultralite">General Motors Ultralite</a> (1992)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On July 26, 2007, an <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo#2007_test_explosion" title="SpaceShipTwo">explosion occurred</a> during testing of <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a>'s systems, killing three employees and injuring three more.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On October 31, 2014, the <a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a> <a href="/wiki/VSS_Enterprise" title="VSS Enterprise">VSS Enterprise</a> broke apart during an in-flight powered test. <a href="/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash" title="VSS Enterprise crash">The incident</a> killed one pilot and severely injured the other, resulting in the total loss of the vehicle; both pilots were Scaled Composites employees.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 28, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/NTSB" class="mw-redirect" title="NTSB">NTSB</a> released the final report on its investigation of the incident, concluding that for an unknown reason the pilot had released the "Feather" of SpaceShipTwo prematurely, leading directly to the craft's disintegration.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NewSpace" class="mw-redirect" title="NewSpace">NewSpace</a></li></ul> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ames_NGT&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ames NGT (page does not exist)">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Defiant" title="Rutan Defiant">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Voyager" title="Rutan Voyager">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Solitaire" title="Rutan Solitaire">77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutan_Commuter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rutan Commuter (page does not exist)">78</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutan_Commuter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rutan Commuter (page does not exist)">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Catbird" title="Scaled Composites Catbird">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship" title="Beechcraft Starship">89</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Microlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Microlight (page does not exist)">91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Microlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Microlight (page does not exist)">97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship" title="Beechcraft Starship">115</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rutan_Predator&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rutan Predator (page does not exist)">120</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_HALID&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites HALID (page does not exist)">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ATTT" title="Scaled Composites ATTT">133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Triumph" title="Scaled Composites Triumph">143</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_CM-44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites CM-44 (page does not exist)">144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ARES" title="Scaled Composites ARES">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer" title="Scaled Composites Pond Racer">158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer" title="Scaled Composites Pond Racer">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer" title="Scaled Composites Pond Racer">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer" title="Scaled Composites Pond Racer">165</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_169&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 169 (page does not exist)">169</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_170&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 170 (page does not exist)">170</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Loral_TFV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Loral TFV (page does not exist)">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">175</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_PLADS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lockheed PLADS (page does not exist)">179</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earthwinds_(baloon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Earthwinds (baloon) (page does not exist)">181</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Lima_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Lima 2 (page does not exist)">191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Boomerang" title="Rutan Boomerang">202</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_205&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 205 (page does not exist)">205</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_206&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 206 (page does not exist)">206</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Raptor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Raptor (page does not exist)">226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Eagle_Eye" title="Bell Eagle Eye">231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freewing_Scorpion" title="Freewing Scorpion">233</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Symmetry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Symmetry (page does not exist)">241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VisionAire_Vantage" title="VisionAire Vantage">247</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Songbird&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Songbird (page does not exist)">254</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Flight_WF-1_Global_Hilton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="World Flight WF-1 Global Hilton (page does not exist)">257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_V-Jet_II" title="Williams V-Jet II">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_X-38" title="NASA X-38">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus" title="Scaled Composites Proteus">281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_ERAST_Program" title="NASA ERAST Program">287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_Boomerang" title="Rutan Boomerang">300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclipse_500" title="Eclipse 500">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyota_TAA-1" title="Toyota TAA-1">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_A500" title="Adam A500">309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Atlantic_GlobalFlyer" title="Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer">311</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_313&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 313 (page does not exist)">313</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne" title="SpaceShipOne">316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight" title="Scaled Composites White Knight">318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharp_Nemesis_NXT" title="Sharp Nemesis NXT">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">339</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_340&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 340 (page does not exist)">340</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_341&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 341 (page does not exist)">341</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_342&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 342 (page does not exist)">342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_343&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 343 (page does not exist)">343</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 344 (page does not exist)">344</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_346&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 346 (page does not exist)">346</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight_Two" title="Scaled Composites White Knight Two">348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch" title="Scaled Composites Stratolaunch">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Model_367_BiPod" title="Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod">367</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Model_372&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Model 372 (page does not exist)">372</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutan_SkiGull" title="Rutan SkiGull">375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus" title="Scaled Composites Proteus">395</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">396</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Model_400_Swift" class="mw-redirect" title="Scaled Composites Model 400 Swift">400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_401" title="Scaled Composites 401">401</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scaled_Composites_Ardent_Dragon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scaled Composites Ardent Dragon (page does not exist)">406</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Rutan" title="Burt Rutan">Burt Rutan</a> (founder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Shane" title="Doug Shane">Doug Shane</a> (former president)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Alsbury" title="Michael Alsbury">Michael Alsbury</a> (test pilot)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Melvill" title="Mike Melvill">Mike Melvill</a> (vice president/general manager, test pilot)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Binnie" title="Brian Binnie">Brian Binnie</a> (manager, test pilot)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Siebold" title="Peter Siebold">Peter Siebold</a> (director of flight operations, test pilot)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a> (SpaceShipOne sole investor)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Northrop_Grumman" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Scaled Composites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-160_MALD" title="ADM-160 MALD">ADM-160 MALD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88E_AARGM" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-88E AARGM">AGM-88E AARGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88G_AARGM-ER" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-88G AARGM-ER">AGM-88G AARGM-ER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares (rocket)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/AAQ-37" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/AAQ-37">AN/AAQ-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-77" title="AN/APG-77">AN/APG-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-78_Longbow" title="AN/APG-78 Longbow">AN/APG-78 Longbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-80" title="AN/APG-80">AN/APG-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-81" title="AN/APG-81">AN/APG-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-83" title="AN/APG-83">AN/APG-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/APG-85" title="AN/APG-85">AN/APG-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry#Avionics" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">AN/APY-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/SPQ-9#SPQ-9B" title="AN/SPQ-9">AN/SPQ-9B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/TPQ-36_Firefinder_radar" title="AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar">AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-80_Ground/Air_Task_Oriented_Radar" title="AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar">AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN/ZPY-1" title="AN/ZPY-1">AN/ZPY-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_Airborne_Communications_Node" title="Battlefield Airborne Communications Node">Battlefield Airborne Communications Node</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_(spacecraft)" title="Cygnus (spacecraft)">Cygnus (spacecraft)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_Based_Strategic_Deterrent" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground Based Strategic Deterrent">Ground Based Strategic Deterrent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMETS" title="IMETS">IMETS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope">James Webb Space Telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-role_Electronically_Scanned_Array" title="Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array">MESA radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Extension_Vehicle" title="Mission Extension Vehicle">Mission Extension Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_BQM-74_Chukar" title="Northrop BQM-74 Chukar">Northrop BQM-74 Chukar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout">Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nautilus_Deep_Space_Observatory" title="Nautilus Deep Space Observatory">Nautilus Deep Space Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Guardian" title="Northrop Grumman Guardian">Northrop Grumman Guardian</a></li> <li><a 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Grumman Ship Systems">Northrop Grumman Ship Systems</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ingalls_Shipbuilding" title="Ingalls Shipbuilding">Ingalls Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding" title="Newport News Shipbuilding">Newport News Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_School" title="The Apprentice School">The Apprentice School</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_ATK" title="Orbital ATK">Orbital ATK</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Innovation_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems">Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Aeronautical" title="Ryan Aeronautical">Ryan Aeronautical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xetron" title="Xetron">Xetron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Northrop" title="Jack Northrop">Jack Northrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Grumman" title="Leroy Grumman">Leroy Grumman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_G._Bush" title="Wesley G. Bush">Wesley G. Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Rutan" title="Burt Rutan">Burt Rutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Claude_Ryan" title="T. Claude Ryan">T. Claude Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_J._Warden" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathy J. Warden">Kathy J. Warden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Spaceship_Company" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:The_Spaceship_Company" title="Template:The Spaceship Company"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:The_Spaceship_Company" 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Scaled Composites</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Aerospace_Ventures" title="Mojave Aerospace Ventures">Mojave Aerospace Ventures</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulcan Aerospace">Vulcan Aerospace</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SpaceShipOne_Nose.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SpaceShipOne hanging under White Knight"><img alt="SpaceShipOne hanging under White Knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/SpaceShipOne_Nose.jpg/200px-SpaceShipOne_Nose.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/SpaceShipOne_Nose.jpg/300px-SpaceShipOne_Nose.jpg 1.5x, 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Melvill</a> (test pilot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize" title="Ansari X Prize">Ansari X Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Tier_One" title="Scaled Composites Tier One">Scaled Composites Tier One</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipOne" title="SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scaled_Composites_White_Knight" title="Scaled Composites White Knight">White Knight One</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Programs / ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VSS_Enterprise" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Air_and_Space_Port" title="Mojave Air and Space Port">Mojave Spaceport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line" title="Kármán line">Kármán line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_tourism" title="Space tourism">Space tourism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies" title="List of private spaceflight companies">Companies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sub-orbital_spaceflight" title="Sub-orbital spaceflight">Sub-orbital spaceflight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suborbital_spaceplane" class="mw-redirect" title="Suborbital spaceplane">Spaceplane</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Space_tourism" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist 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tourism</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axiom_Space" title="Axiom Space">Axiom Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigelow_Aerospace" title="Bigelow Aerospace">Bigelow Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Origin" title="Blue Origin">Blue Origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_Defence_and_Space_Spaceplane" title="Airbus Defence and Space Spaceplane">Airbus D&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Aerospace_Ventures" title="Mojave Aerospace Ventures">Mojave Aerospace Ventures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_Technologies_Commercial_Space_Station" title="Orbital Technologies Commercial Space Station">Orbital Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PD_AeroSpace" title="PD AeroSpace">PDAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redwire" title="Redwire">Redwire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_Corporation" title="Sierra Nevada Corporation">Sierra Nevada Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Adventures" title="Space Adventures">Space Adventures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Spaceship_Company" title="The Spaceship Company">The Spaceship Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Galactic" title="Virgin Galactic">Virgin Galactic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAS_Space" title="CAS Space">CAS Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARCA_Space_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="ARCA Space Corporation">ARCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Autonomous_Astronauts" title="Association of Autonomous Astronauts">Association of Autonomous Astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronaute_Club_Europ%C3%A9en" title="Astronaute Club Européen">Astronaute Club Européen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Spaceflight_Federation" title="Commercial Spaceflight Federation">Commercial Spaceflight Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen_Suborbitals" title="Copenhagen Suborbitals">Copenhagen Suborbitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Frontier_Foundation" title="Space Frontier Foundation">Space Frontier Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Tourism_Society" title="Space Tourism Society">Space Tourism Society</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace" title="Armadillo Aerospace">Armadillo Aerospace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Arrow" title="Canadian Arrow">Canadian Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Spike_Company" title="Golden Spike Company">Golden Spike Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MirCorp" class="mw-redirect" title="MirCorp">MirCorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_Span" class="mw-redirect" title="Orion Span">Orion Span</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlanetSpace" title="PlanetSpace">PlanetSpace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RocketShip_Tours" title="RocketShip Tours">RocketShip Tours</a></li> <li>Space Island Group (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Space_Island_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Space Island Project (page does not exist)">Space Island Project</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/XCOR_Aerospace" title="XCOR Aerospace">XCOR Aerospace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Denis Tito, Talgat Musabayev, and Yury Baturin"><img alt="Denis Tito, Talgat Musabayev, and Yury Baturin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg/140px-ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg/210px-ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg/280px-ISS-02_Soyuz_TM-32_Taxi_crewmembers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vehicles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(spacecraft)" title="Soyuz (spacecraft)">Soyuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2" title="SpaceX Dragon 2">Dragon 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Shepard" title="New Shepard">New Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShipTwo" title="SpaceShipTwo">SpaceShipTwo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Future <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Glenn" title="New Glenn">New Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceShip_III" title="SpaceShip III">SpaceShip III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Starliner" title="Boeing Starliner">Starliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Starship" title="SpaceX Starship">Starship</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Living in space</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commercialization_of_space" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercialization of space">Commercialization of space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_colonization" title="Space colonization">Space colonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_medicine" title="Space medicine">Space medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_settlement" title="Space settlement">Space settlement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_station" title="Space station">Space station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suborbital_spaceplane" class="mw-redirect" title="Suborbital spaceplane">Suborbital spaceplane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Space_competition" title="Space competition">Space competitions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Space_Prize" title="America's Space Prize">America's Space Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize" title="Ansari X Prize">Ansari X Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Lunar_X_Prize" title="Google Lunar X Prize">Google Lunar X Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_elevator_competitions" title="Space elevator competitions">Space elevator competitions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Space tourists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Past</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Tito" title="Dennis Tito">Dennis Tito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth" title="Mark Shuttleworth">Mark Shuttleworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Olsen" title="Gregory Olsen">Gregory Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari" title="Anousheh Ansari">Anousheh Ansari</a></li> <li><a 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