Peter Siebold | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| Occupation | Test Pilot |
| Space career | |
Virgin Galactic commercial astronaut (honorary) | |
| Selection | SpaceShipOne 2003 |
| Missions | None |
Peter Siebold (born 1971) is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team.[1] He is their Director of Flight Operations,[2] and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the company.[3] On April 8, 2004, Siebold piloted the second powered test flight of SpaceShipOne, flight 13P, which reached a top speed of Mach 1.6 and an altitude of 32.0 kilometres (105,000 ft). On October 31, 2014, Siebold and Michael Alsbury were piloting the SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise on flight PF04, when the craft came apart in mid-air and then crashed, killing Alsbury and injuring Siebold.
- ^ "X PRIZE: The Competition is Heating Up". Space.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
- ^ "Press Release – 3:00pm, November 1, 2014" (PDF). Scaled Composites. November 1, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "Big Secret: Who Will Fly SpaceShipOne?". Space.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2007.