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First privately funded crewed spaceflight

First privately funded crewed spaceflight
Who
Scaled Composites, Paul Allen, Mike Melvill
What
First
Where
United States (Mojave,)
When
21 June 2004
The first privately-funded manned space flight was achieved on 21 June 2004. SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 100,124 m (328,492 ft), piloted by Mike Melvill (South Africa), built and operated by Scaled Composites, Mojave, California, and funded by Paul G Allen (USA). The space craft took off from and landed at Mojave Airport.