Michael Winston Melvill (1940-2026)

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Michael Winston Melvill (30.11.1940-20.03.2026) [85]

Pierwszy astronauta komercyjny pilotujący SpaceShipOne

Mike Melvill, commercial astronaut who piloted SpaceShipOne, dies

March 21, 2026 — Mike Melvill, a record-setting test pilot who in 2004 became the first person to launch on a privately-funded vehicle on a suborbital spaceflight, has died at the age of 85.

Just two months later, Melvill and his fellow pilot Brian Binnie won a $10 million prize by flying the same craft, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne, twice to space within a two-week period. (...)
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