Ku itariki ya 21 Kamena 2004, isi yose yiboneye amateka mashya yanditswe n’indege nto yihariye yiswe SpaceShipOne. Yakozwe n’itsinda rya Scaled Composites, iyobowe n’umuhanga mu ikoranabuhanga Burt Rutan, kandi iterwa inkunga n’umushoramari Paul Allen.
Intego yabo yari ugutwara umuntu mu isanzure binyuze mu mishinga yigenga, bitandukanye n’ingengo z’imari z’ibihugu nka NASA. SpaceShipOne yafashwe mu kirere n’indege “White Knight” kugeza kuri metero zirenga 15,000, aho yahise itangira urugendo rwayo rwo kugera ku murongo w’isanzure (Kármán Line) uri ku burebure bwa kilometero 100. Uwari uyitwaye, Mike Melvill, yabaye umuntu wa mbere wigenga wageze mu isanzure.
SpaceShipOne yari ifite igishushanyo gishya cyatangaje isi: yakoraga ku buryo bwa hybrid rocket motor, ikoresheje igikomoka kuri plastike hamwe na nitrous oxide. Uburyo bwayo bwo gusubira ku isi bwifashishaga ikoranabuhanga rishya ryiswe “feathered reentry”, aho amababa y’indege yazamurwaga nk’igitabo gifungutse kugira ngo igabanure umuvuduko neza, itangiza ibice byayo mu gihe isubira mu kirere.
Iri koranabuhanga ryagabanyije cyane ibyago byo gutwikwa cyangwa gusenyuka nk’uko byagiye bigaragara mu yindi mirimo y’indege za roketi. Ubu buryo bwavuzwe ho cyane nk’isoko y’ubuhanga mu bucuruzi bwo kohereza abantu mu isanzure.
