Burt Rutan

Burt Rutan

male, 66 years old
Ansari X-Prize, rocket plane, spaceshipone, suborbital, United States aerospace engineer, Aerospace engineer…SpaceShipOne CEO
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943 in Estacada, Oregon) is an American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing...
Mike Melvill

Mike Melvill

male, 68 years old
Private spaceflight, Ansari X Prize, test pilot, Aviation pioneer, Highbury Preparatory School, Scaled Composites Proteus…SpaceShipOne flight 15P, SpaceShipOne flight 16P, spaceshipone
Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill (born November 1941) is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled...
Peter H. Diamandis

Peter H. Diamandis

male, 48 years old
Ansari X Prize, x prize foundation, Zero Gravity Corporation, Rocket Racing League, Greek-American, Peter H. Diamandis…spaceshipone
Dr. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation ( www.xprize.org ), which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE ( www.xprize.org )...
Brian Binnie

Brian Binnie

male, 56 years old
Private spaceflight, United States Naval Aviator, Princeton University alumni, Roton SSTO, Rotary Rocket, rocket plane…SpaceShipOne flight 17P, SpaceShipOne flight 11P, spaceshipone
William Brian Binnie (born 1953) is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Binnie was...
Peter Siebold

Peter Siebold

male
Mike Melville, Kármán line, Commercial astronaut, spaceplane, flight 13P, Ansari X Prize…SpaceShipOne flight 13P, spaceshipone
Peter Siebold is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane...

Doug Shane

male
Commercial astronaut, University of Kansas alumni, University of Kansas, Douglas B. Shane, Williams V-Jet II, spaceplane…spaceshipone
Douglas B. Shane was a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane...
Joseph Albert Walker

Joseph Albert Walker

male, deceased (1966)
American military personnel of World War II, Collier Trophy recipient, usaf, spaceshipone, world war ii veteran, x-15
Joseph Albert "Joe" Walker was an American test pilot and a USAF astronaut. In 1963, Walker made two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometers - the edge...

James C. Bennett

male
columnist, James Charles Bennett, Anglosphere, American Rocket Company, Hudson Institute, United Press International…spaceshipone
James Charles Bennett is an American businessman, with a background in technology companies and consultancy, and a writer on technology and...