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X-15
1959 experimental aircraft model by North American Aviation and NASA
sub-orbital spaceflight
spaceflight where spacecraft leaves the astronomical body but doesn't reach orbit
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SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne is an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to / using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry system where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folds 70 degrees upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increases drag while retaining stability. SpaceShipOne completed the first crewed private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it won the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was name
New Shepard
suborbital rocket developed by Blue Origin
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SpaceShipTwo
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle
atmospheric re-entry vehicle by the European Space Agency
Spaceport America
spaceport located in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin in New Mexico, United States
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
1960s American crewed suborbital rocket
Mercury-Redstone 1A
test flight of the Redstone rocket and Mercury spacecraft
Black Brant
family of Canadian-designed sounding rockets
Copenhagen Suborbitals
crowd funded space programme
VSS Enterprise
spacecraft
HEAT-1X Tycho Brahe
Dutch rocket and human-rated spacecraft built by Copenhagen Suborbitals
VSS Unity
American commercial sub-orbitable space ship
Skylark
British sounding rocket design
Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment
experimental test space vehicle
Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator
suborbital reentry test flown on the third Ariane 5 flight
SpaceShip III
planned suborbital, air-launched spaceplane
DragonFly
prototype Crew Dragon space capsule manufactured by SpaceX
Project VR-190
planned Russian space project