William H. Dana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William H. Dana

NASA research pilot and astronaut

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, United States

Date of Death: 06-May-2014

Profession: astronaut, military officer, test pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Harvey "Bill" Dana (November 3, 1930 – May 6, 2014) was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S.
Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut.
He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. On two separate flights, Dana flew the X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space; however neither flight exceeded the Kármán line, the internationally accepted boundary of 100 kilometers (62 miles).