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{{Short description|Space competition and award}} {{about|the sub-orbital human spaceflight contest|other [[:Category:X Prizes|X Prizes]]|X Prize Foundation}} {{Infobox award | name = Ansari X Prize | current_awards = | image = Space Ship One and White Knight - Flickr - Beige Alert.jpg | imagesize = | alt = SpaceShipOne in flight | caption = The winning [[spaceplane]] [[SpaceShipOne]] being carried below its launch vehicle [[Scaled Composites White Knight|White Knight]] | awarded_for = "build and launch a [[crewed spaceflight|spacecraft capable of carrying three people]] to [[outer space|100 kilometers above]] the [[Earth]]'s surface, twice within two weeks"<ref name="xprize">{{cite web|title=Ansari X Prize|url=http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|access-date=2010-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923001722/http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|archive-date=23 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | presenter = [[X PRIZE Foundation]] | country = Worldwide | location = | reward = [[US$]]10 million<ref name="xprize" /> | year = | year2 = October 4, 2004 | winner = [[Scaled Composites]] | website = [http://ansari.xprize.org ansari.xprize.org] |image2=Ansari X Prize logo.png}} {{Private spaceflight}} The '''Ansari X Prize''' was a [[space competition]] in which the [[X Prize Foundation]] offered a [[United States dollar|US$]]10,000,000 ({{Inflation|US|10,000,000|1996|r=0|fmt=eq}}) [[prize]] for the first [[Non-governmental organization|non-government organization]] to launch a reusable [[crewed spaceflight|crewed spacecraft]] into [[outer space|space]] twice within two weeks. It was modeled after early 20th-century [[aviation]] prizes, and aimed to spur development of low-cost spaceflight.<ref name="xprize">{{cite web|title=Ansari X Prize|url=http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|access-date=2010-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923001722/http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|archive-date=23 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Created in May 1996 and initially called just the "'''X Prize'''", it was renamed the "Ansari X Prize" on May 6, 2004, following a multimillion-dollar [[donation]] from [[entrepreneur]]s [[Anousheh Ansari]] and [[Amir Ansari]]. The prize was won on October 4, 2004, the 47th anniversary of the [[Sputnik 1]] launch, by the [[Scaled Composites Tier One|Tier One]] project designed by [[Burt Rutan]] and financed by Microsoft co-founder [[Paul Allen]], using the experimental [[spaceplane]] [[SpaceShipOne]]. $10 million was awarded to the winner, and more than $100 million was invested in new technologies in pursuit of the prize.<ref name="xprize">{{cite web|title=Ansari X Prize|url=http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|access-date=2010-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923001722/http://space.xprize.org/ansari-x-prize|archive-date=23 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several other [[X Prize]]s have since been announced by the [[X Prize Foundation]], promoting further development in [[space exploration]] and other technological fields.
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