SpaceShipOne Pilot Mike Melvill Will Be Recognized At Fall
Awards Banquet
Mike Melvill, the first civilian astronaut and pilot of
SpaceShipOne, will be honored by the National Aeronautic
Association at its Fall Awards Banquet November 8.
Two veteran astronauts are retiring from NASA and moving on to
new phases of their lives. Astronaut Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, a
retired US Air Force colonel, has left NASA for a position with
private industry. Astronaut Duane G. "Digger" Carey has left the
space agency to see the world from a new perspective.
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