NASA
NASA has awarded astronaut wings to three 1960s-era test pilots: Bill Dana and the late John McKay and Joseph Walker. The pilots previously had not been recognized for going beyond the atmosphere and into space flying the X-15 experimental aircraft at altitudes of 50 mi. or higher. Dana's first...
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