Mike Melvill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mike Melvill

test pilot

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: astronaut, test pilot, aircraft pilot, commercial astronaut

Nationality: United States, South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michael Winston "Mike" Melvill (born November 30, 1940 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites.
Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the 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 SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition.