Private Spaceport to rise in California Mojave Desert

A desert airdrome in Mojave, California is on the final glide path to getting government approval for becoming an inland gateway to space.


Mojave Airport is to become a hub for high-flying craft intended to help spark public space travel. Mojave Airport is located approximately 100 miles north of Los Angeles, on the western edge of the Mojave Desert.

The site is already home port for several enterprising suborbital space projects. The most notable is Scaled Composites, builder and operator of the White Knight/SpaceShipOne piloted vehicles. One of the first "outings" for Spaceport Mojave is the SpaceShipOne attempt to snag the $10 million Ansari X Prize cash award.

Spaceport to rise in California desert

Ansari X Prize