Ansari X Prize

The Ansari X Prize (formerly the X Prize) was a US$10,000,000 prize, offered by the X PRIZE Foundation, for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. It was modelled after early 20th-century aviation prizes, and aimed to spur development of low-cost spaceflight. The prize was won on October 4 2004, exactly 47 years after the launch of Sputnik 1, by the Tier One project using the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne.

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US$ - Prize - X PRIZE Foundation - Non-government organization - Manned spacecraft - Space - 20th-century - Aviation - October 4 - 2004 - Sputnik 1 - Tier One - Spaceplane - SpaceShipOne

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