Mike Melvill

Michael Winston Melvill is a world-record-breaking pilot 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, thus becoming the first commercial astronaut, and the 435th person to go into space. He was also the pilot on SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition.

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Michael Winston Melvill
astronaut, Iven C. Kincheloe Award, South Africa, United States, 

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United States, South Africa, 

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Commercial Astronaut- Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill - Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan - William Brian Binnie with Paul Gardner Allen by Don Ramey Logan

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SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill after the launch in pursuit of the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004

SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill after the launch in pursuit of the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004

(Left to right) Burt and Dick Rutan, John Roncz and Mike Melvill at a Rutan Voyager 25th Anniversary Celebration evening during the 2011 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mike Melvill crop		Commons
commons	image		Patti-presenting-wings-web		Commons
commons	image		Commercial Astronaut- Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill - Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan - William Brian Binnie with Paul Gardner Allen by Don Ramey Logan		Commons
commons	image		Mike Melvill crop		Commons
commons	image		Patti-presenting-wings-web		Commons
commons	image		Kluft-photo-SS1-landing-June-2004-Img 1406c		Commons
commons	image		SpaceShipOne Mike Melvill waves photo D Ramey Logan		Commons
commons	image		SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill after the launch in pursuit of the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004		Commons
commons	image		SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill after the launch in pursuit of the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004		Commons
commons	image		(Left to right) Burt and Dick Rutan, John Roncz and Mike Melvill at a Rutan Voyager 25th Anniversary Celebration evening during the 2011 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.		Commons