Editing Ansari X Prize (section)

==Winning team==

The [[Scaled Composites Tier One|Tier One]] project made two successful competitive flights: [[SpaceShipOne flight 16P|X1]] on September 29, 2004, piloted by [[Mike Melvill]] to 102.9&nbsp;km; and [[SpaceShipOne flight 17P|X2]] on October 4, 2004, piloted by [[Brian Binnie]] to 112&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3712998.stm|title=SpaceShipOne rockets to success|work=BBC News|date=7 October 2005|access-date=9 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101028134020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3712998.stm| archive-date= 28 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>  They thus won the prize, which was awarded on November 6, 2004. In press coverage, the winning team has been variously referred to as [[Mojave Aerospace Ventures]], the corporation that funded the attempt; [[Scaled Composites Tier One|Tier One]], the project name of Mojave's contest entry; and [[Scaled Composites]], the manufacturer of the craft.

At least two documentaries were created to document the efforts of the winning team to win the prize. They included Black Sky: The Race for Space<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436126/ |title=Black Sky: The Race for Space |website=imdb.com|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> and Black Sky: Winning the X Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444961/ |title=Black Sky: Winning the X Prize|website=imdb.com|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref> The documentaries chronicle the story of Burt Rutan and SpaceShipOne.

As of 2011, the trophy is on display in the [[Saint Louis Science Center]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].
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Image:Ansari X-Prize Check.jpg|Representatives of the X Prize Foundation symbolically presented the ten million dollar prize to [[Burt Rutan]] and [[Paul Allen]] of [[Mojave Aerospace Ventures]] on November 6, 2004.  The Ansari X Prize trophy is on the left.
File:Flight 16P taxi pre-launch photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg|[[SpaceShipOne]] Flight 16P taxi pre launch
File:Mike Melvill and Burt Rutan speak to the media after the first flight into Space photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg|[[Mike Melvill]] and [[Burt Rutan]] speak to the media after the first flight into space
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