Records and Awards: SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize for repeated flights in a privately developed reusable spacecraft, the Collier Trophy for greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in 2004, and the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement. Its three record-setting flights:

• 100 kilometers (62 miles) altitude*; Mike Melvill, pilot; June 21, 2004.

• 102 kilometers (64 miles) altitude; Mike Melvill, pilot; September 29, 2004.

• 112 kilometers (70 miles) altitude; Brian Binnie, pilot; October 4, 2004.