Michael Winston Melvill (born November 30, 1940, in Johannesburg, South Africa)[1] is a world-record-breaking pilot[2] and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of space, flight 15P on June 21, 2004,[3] thus becoming the first commercial astronaut, and the 435th person to go into space.[4] He was also the pilot on SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition.[5]
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Michael Winston Melvill (born November 30, 1940, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne...
SpaceShipOne's first official spaceflight, known as flight 15P, was piloted by MikeMelvill. A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the...
Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,015 m, October 25, 2000. Altitude with 1,000 kg payload: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by MikeMelvill and...
Colglazier CFO: Doug Ahrens President - Safety: Mike Moses Chief pilot: Dave "Mac" Mackay Chief flight instructor: Mike "Sooch" Masucci Test pilot: Kelly Latimer...
flights reaching much lower altitudes. The flight carried only its pilot, MikeMelvill, who thus became the first non-governmental astronaut. This flight was...
process, exposing the blue foam core. Burt Rutan following with pilot MikeMelvill determined that Voyager was still within its performance specifications...
SpaceShipOne on ramp before takeoff in October 2004 (L-R) Marion Blakey, MikeMelvill, Richard Branson, Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, and Allen following first...
frontier. The first part of the Ansari XPRIZE requirements was fulfilled by MikeMelvill on September 29, 2004, On SpaceShipOne, a spacecraft designed by Burt...
SpaceShipOne's first official spaceflight, known as flight 15P, was piloted by MikeMelvill. A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the...
deployed into the free stream and began a limit cycle forcing the pilot (MikeMelvill) to abort. The spoilers were subsequently disabled completely and the...
sponsorship inspired by Melvill's antics with M&M's during flight 15P 7-Up Plus Champ Car World Series The SpaceShipOne pilot was MikeMelvill. There were three...
airshow, MikeMelvill and crew flew the White Knight, carrying SpaceShipOne, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, where Melvill spoke to...
third powered flight, which occurred on May 13, 2004. The pilot was MikeMelvill. SpaceShipOne was released from White Knight at an altitude of 46,000 ft...
piloted by MikeMelvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,277 m (63,245 ft), October 25, 2000. Altitude in horizontal flight: piloted by MikeMelvill and Robert...
successful competitive flights: X1 on September 29, 2004, piloted by MikeMelvill to 102.9 km; and X2 on October 4, 2004, piloted by Brian Binnie to 112 km...
For his contribution to the SpaceShipOne project, Siebold, along with MikeMelvill and Brian Binnie, received the 2004 Iven C. Kincheloe Award presented...
The first person to fly on an entirely privately funded mission was MikeMelvill, piloting SpaceShipOne flight 15P on a suborbital journey, although he...
reusing at least 80% of the vehicle hardware. The two flights were piloted by Mike Melville and Brian Binnie respectively. The project team was honored with...
Marion Blakely, FAA - Chief. Commercial Astronaut- Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill - Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan...
SpaceShipOne was a reusable suborbital spaceplane that carried pilots MikeMelvill and Brian Binnie on consecutive flights in 2004 to win the Ansari X Prize...
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