Suit, SpaceShipOne, Mike Melvill
name: label: Pilot
content: Mike Melvill
notes: label: Summary
content: Test pilot Mike Melvill wore this suit on June 21, 2004, during the first privately funded spaceflight of SpaceShipOne. After its launch from a carrier aircraft called White Knight, Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 100 km (62 miles) before returning to land in Mojave, California. This test flight paved the way for two subsequent flights that earned the SpaceShipOne team the $10 million Ansari X Prize for the first privately funded spaceflights. Melvill also wore this suit on September 29, 2004, during one of those award-winning flights. Melvill partnered with Burt Rutan in a long career of designing and flight testing experimental aircraft. He gave his flight suit and accessories to the Museum in 2005 when SpaceShipOne entered the national collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mike and Sally Melvill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20060584000
objectType: label: Type
content: PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Flight Clothing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Fire resistant CarbonX fabric, brass zippers, velcro, embroidered patches
label: Dimensions
content: Clothing: 157.5 x 91.4cm (62 x 36 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Other (Inseam): 66cm (26 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Other (Sleeve): 66cm (26 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D (on mannequin): 53.3 x 30.5 x 154.9cm (21 x 12 x 61 in.)