太空船一号被复合比例描述为一个“三位,高空研究火箭,用于亚轨道飞行100公里的高度。”Perhaps one of the most amazing things about SpaceShipOne is the fact that it transforms into three different configurations during the course of its flight. These configurations put SpaceShipOne in the ideal shape for boost, entry and landing. (See the previous section18新利最新登入太空飞船是如何工作的呢?图像的三个配置。)虽然在技术上是一艘宇宙飞船,它花大部分的时间在地球大气层的过程中它的飞行。最突出的一个配置“羽毛”配置。