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William H. Dana

American - (NASA)

Deceased

Date of Birth: Nov. 3, 1930
Date of Death: May 6, 2014


William Harvey "Bill" Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He flew on X-15 Flight 174 and Flight 197, both of which passed 50 miles in altitude.

X-15 | Flight 174

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Nov. 1, 1966, 9:24 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:

Flight 174 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1966. Piloted by William H. Dana, it reached an altitude of 93.5 km.

Suborbital
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X-15 | Flight 197

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 21, 1968, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:

Flight 197 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1968. Piloted by William H. Dana it reached an altitude of 81.4 km.

Suborbital
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Acting Administrator: James Free

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New Shepard
Success
15 hours, 52 minutes ago
NS-34
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 12 hours ago
Crew-11
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 10 hours ago
Starlink Group 13-4
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 19 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kuaizhou
Success
4 days, 2 hours ago
PRSC-S1
Mobile Launcher Pad - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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GSLV Mk II
Success
4 days, 16 hours ago
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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