The "CSXT Space Shot 2004" by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Space_eXploration_Team" class="extiw" title="w:Civilian Space eXploration Team">Civilian Space eXploration Team (CSXT)</a> was the first amateur rocket launch to space.  The rocket launched at 11:12AM US Pacific Time on May 17, 2004 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert" class="extiw" title="w:Black Rock Desert">Black Rock Desert</a> in northwestern Nevada.  (An amateur rocket means everyone working on it did so as a volunteer.)  The rocket reached an altitude of 72 miles (115 km), the first amateur rocket to exceed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line" class="extiw" title="w:Kármán line">Karman Line</a> of 62.1 miles (100 km) required to claim a space flight.
Ian Kluft <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ikluft" title="User:Ikluft">Ikluft</a>
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