Scaled Composites Proteus March 1, 1999 — Rollout of the Rotary Rocket Roton ATV. July 28, 1999 — First flight of the Rotary Rocket Roton ATV. October 12, 1999 — Third, final and longest flight of Rotary Rocket Roton ATV. October 8, 2000 — First firing of an XCOR Aerospace LOX-powered rocket engine. July 21, 2001 — First flight of the XCOR EZ-Rocket, flown by Dick Rutan (single-engine configuration). October 6, 2001 — First flight of a twin engine rocket plane, again the XCOR EZ-rocket. May 31, 2002 — First flight of the Toyota TAA-1, built by Scaled Composites. July 24, 2002 — First touch-and-go of a rocket-powered aircraft, the XCOR EZ-Rocket (world record). August 1, 2002 — First flight of Scaled Composites White Knight September 18, 2002 — First flight of world's largest jet engine, GE90-115B on GE's Boeing 747 testbed aircraft. May 20, 2003 — First captive flight, unmanned, of SpaceShipOne July 29, 2003 — First manned captive flight of SpaceShipOne August 7, 2003 — First free-flight of SpaceShipOne December 17, 2003 — First powered flight of SpaceShipOne, on 100th anniversary of powered flight by the Wright Brothers. March 5, 2004 — First flight of the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer June 17, 2004 — Mojave designated a Spaceport by the FAA. June 21, 2004 — SpaceShipOne flight 15P, the first spaceflight of SpaceShipOne. September 29, 2004 — First Ansari X Prize flight of SpaceShipOne. October 4, 2004 — X-Prize-winning flight of SpaceShipOne. June 21, 2005 — First captive flight of Boeing X-37 under Scaled Composites White Knight December 3, 2005 — First departure of a rocket-powered aircraft on a point-to-point flight (XCOR EZ-Rocket, departed MHV for California City, flown by Dick Rutan). December 15, 2005 — First arrival of a rocket-powered aircraft on a flight originating at another airport (XCOR EZ-Rocket return flight from California City, piloted by Rick Searfoss). April 7, 2006 — First free flight of Boeing X-37 (take-off from Mojave, landing at Edwards) January 23, 2007 — First flight of the Lockheed CATBird July 26, 2007 — Explosion with at least three fatalities at Scaled Composites facility. January, 2008 — Arrival of C-GAUN involved in the incident of Air Canada Flight 143 for retirement. December 21, 2008 — First flight of Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo October 7, 2009 — Lunar Lander Challenge flight by Masten Space Systems wins second place for Level 1 of the NASA competition