X Prize

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Xprize or Ansari X Prize

The XPrize was a $10 million US prize created by the X Prize Foundation to get a commercial organization to launch a reusable spaceship twice into space within a two week window. On October 4, 2004 the experimental spacecraft SpaceShipOne, won the prize.

SpaceShipOne