Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Binnie

William Brian

USA

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Personal data

Birthdate:  ??.??.1953 (?)
Birthplace:  West Lafayette, Indiana
Marital status:  married
Children:  three
Selection date:  ?
Position:  PLT
Status:  Ret. ??.??.20??
Day of death:  15.09.2022
Place of death:  ?

Spaceflights

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Suborbital Spaceflights above the Karman line (100 km)

No. Mission Position Date Duration
1  SpaceShipOne Flight No. 66L / 17P  Pilot  04.10.2004 1h 24m 

Additional information

Commander, USN, Ret.; Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering; Master of Science in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics from Brown University; Master of Science in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University; graduate of the U.S. Navy's Test Pilot School (class 93 - June 1987 - May 1988) at Patuxent River; Test Pilot at Scaled Composites, LLC; made the historic flight of SpaceShipOne to win the X-prize.

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Last update on September 19, 2022.

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