Space Ship One: Our Space Ship One model spacecraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our Space Ship One model spacecraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The model spacecraft's parts including the launch vehicle and payloads are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. It will fascinate anyone who gazes at it for its remarkable and exceptional quality. The Space Ship One model spacecraft comes with an extremely durable base stand marked with the spacecraft's official insignia. Space Ship One History: The Spaceship One, which was exclusively funded by Paul G. Allen, was designed by aviation legend Burt Rutan and built by his research team at the California-based aerospace company Scaled Composites. The privately-developed rocket plane was launched into history on 21st June 2004 on a mission to become the world's first commercial manned space vehicle. Mike Melvill piloted the Spaceship One to an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). The Spaceship One has reached a record breaking height of 328,491 feet under the control of examination pilot Mike Melvill. Making Melvill the best civil to fly a spaceship out of the atmosphere and the first private pilot to gain astronaut wings. The Spaceship One has reached space through the support of a carrier aircraft, the White Knight. The aircraft lifts Spaceship One from the runway. Then after an hour of climbing to roughly 50,000 feet elevation, the White Knight releases the spaceship into a glide. The spaceship pilot fires his rocket machine for about 80 seconds, reaching Mach 3 in a vertical rise. During the pull-up and rise, the pilot encounters G-forces three to four times the seriousness of the ground.