A commercial astronaut is a person who has commanded, piloted, or served as an active crew member of a privately funded spacecraft. This is distinct from...

astronaut badge by flying the suborbital X-15 rocket spaceplane. American test pilots Michael Melvill and Brian Binnie were each awarded a commercial...

privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut. The criteria for what constitutes human spaceflight...

SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut. While the term astronaut is sometimes applied to anyone who trains...

SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut. While the term astronaut is sometimes applied to anyone who trains...

Bolden and astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Peggy Whitson, Brent W. Jett Jr and Koichi Wakata. The company sent its first commercial astronauts into orbit...

Arceneaux (born December 4, 1991) is an American physician assistant and commercial astronaut. She joined billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX's first private...

hoped to become a NASA astronaut but was ruled out on medical grounds due to her eyesight. She previously worked for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation...

time between the first male and first female astronauts varied widely by country. The first astronauts originally from Britain, South Korea, and Iran...

missions named the Polaris Program. Isaacman is currently undergoing commercial astronaut training at SpaceX. Jared Isaacman was born on February 11, 1983...

is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot...

Tuva Cihangir Atasever (born 12 August 1992) is the second Turkish astronaut of the Turkish Space Agency. He was a backup crew member for Axiom Mission...

Nicola Pecile (born March 11, 1973, Udine) is an Italian-born commercial astronaut who works for Virgin Galactic. He graduated from the Accademia Aeronautica...

and became, together with Bob Behnken, the first astronaut in history launching aboard a commercial orbital spacecraft. He was also the first Marine to...

a planned human spaceflight program organized by businessman and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman. Isaacman, who commanded the first all-civilian...

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...

Propulsion Development) Related Blue Origin v. United States & SpaceX Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (2021...

Gezeravcı (born 2 December 1979) is a military pilot and the first Turkish astronaut. He flew to International Space Station by taking part in a special space...

retrieved 2018-07-31 Seedhouse, Erik. Astronauts for Hire: The Emergence of the World's First Commercial Astronaut Corps. Springer-Verlag: New York (2012)...

Blue Origin. On January 29, 2018, he was featured in Amazon's Super Bowl commercial. On February 1, 2018, Amazon reported its highest ever profit with quarterly...

Mary Wallace Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator, commercial astronaut, and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator...

engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle...

Inspiration4 Mission to Space. "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". Washington...

Propulsion Development) Related Blue Origin v. United States & SpaceX Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (2021...

to Anil Menon, lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, NASA astronaut and former SpaceX Medical Director. They have two children. Both she and...

Latimer co-piloted VSS Unity along with Frederick W. Sturckow as commercial astronaut pilot of Virgin's Galactic 02. Latimer attended the United States...

with a larger rocket but lower payload. At the 2016 International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson...

Galactic. The passengers included Tuva Cihangir Atasever, the second astronaut from Turkey. Galactic 07's crew included four private passengers and two...

African-American astronauts are Americans of African descent who have been part of an astronaut program, whether or not they have traveled into space....

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