Lynx with Dorsal payload Pod showing ATSA Telescope Payload

Lynx with Dorsal payload Pod showing ATSA Telescope Payload (Lynx Mk. III USA only). 

Credit: XCOR Aerospace

In an old World War II-era hangar here in this blistering-hot town, a passionate group of young aerospace engineers is building a private spaceship called Lynx. 

Developed by XCOR Aerospace, Lynx is the main competitor of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, built by Scaled Composites, also in Mojave.

Commercial flights of the Lynx space plane are expected to commence in 2015, mainly through the Dutch company Space Expedition Corporation.

XCOR's CEO Jeff Greason.