Mojave in Kern County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Voyager Aircraft / SpaceShipOne Replica
Photographed By Denise Boose, February 22, 2012
1. Voyager Aircraft - Left Marker
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Voyager Aircraft, also, SpaceShipOne Replica. . , Left Plaque: , The 1/5 scale flying model of Voyager was built by Glenn Dunlap of Cincinnati, Ohio, and donated to the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation in 2009., The original Voyager, designed by Burt Rutan and built at Mojave Airport, hangs in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., Voyager and its crew of Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took-off from Edwards Air Force Base at 8:01 a.m. December 14, 1986, and flew west 26,366 statue miles., On December 23, nine days, three minutes and 44 seconds later, Voyager landed at Edwards. The flight was the first successful circumnavigation of the planet, non-stop, and non-refueled., Right Plaque: ,
Scaled Compsites , SpaceShipOne Replica , (Owned and Donated by Xprize Foundation) , First Private Manned Space Program , Flown to Space from Mojave Spaceport , June 21st, 2004 A.D.. , "Do not tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go and he'll do plenty well when he gets there" , Wernher von Braun
Left Plaque:
The 1/5 scale flying model of Voyager was built by Glenn Dunlap of Cincinnati, Ohio, and donated to the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation in 2009.
The original Voyager, designed by Burt Rutan and built at Mojave Airport, hangs in the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.
Voyager and its crew of Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took-off from Edwards Air Force Base at 8:01 a.m. December 14, 1986, and flew west 26,366 statue miles.
On December 23, nine days, three minutes and 44 seconds later, Voyager landed at Edwards. The flight was the first successful circumnavigation of the planet, non-stop, and non-refueled.
Right Plaque:
Scaled Compsites
SpaceShipOne Replica
(Owned and Donated by Xprize Foundation)
First Private Manned Space Program
Flown to Space from Mojave Spaceport
June 21st, 2004 A.D.
"Do not tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go and he'll do plenty well when he gets there"
Wernher von Braun
Erected by Scaled Composites.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1942.
Location. 35° 3.328′ N, 118°
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9.488′ W. Marker is in Mojave, California, in Kern County. Marker is on Flightline Street, on the left when traveling west. Located in Legacy Park across from the Mojave Control Tower. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1434 Flightline Street, Mojave CA 93501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Located in Legacy Park, Voyager Aircraft Model within the SpaceShipOne building.
Photographed By Denise Boose, February 22, 2012
5. SpaceShipOne
Photographed By Denise Boose, February 22, 2012
6. Legacy Park
Photographed By Denise Boose, February 22, 2012
7. In Loving Tribute to Those We Lost on July 26, 2007
In Loving Tribute to Those We Lost on
July 26, 2007
Eric Blackwell, Todd Ivens, Glen May
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wing;....
....Where never lark, or ever eagle flew-
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God"
John Magee, Jr.
Let their efforts grant them peace among the stars
Scaled Composites, LLC ~ Dedicated on July 24, 2008
Photographed By Denise Boose, February 22, 2012
8. Voyager Aircraft
Photographed By Denise Boose, August 10, 2018
9. Voyager Aircraft / SpaceShipOne Replica Marker
Michael T. Alsbury "Scat 23"
Scaled Composites Test Pilot lost during the powered flight test (PF04) of SpaceshipTwo, N339SS, near Mojave, California, on October 31, 2014 "Ad Astra per Aspera" Dedicated by Scaled Composites
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