Milton O. Thompson
Milton Orville Thompson (born May 4, 1926 in Crookston , Minnesota , USA , † August 6, 1993 in Lancaster , California , USA) was a Lieutenant Commander of the United States Navy and NASA astronaut who did not complete a space flight.
Thompson received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 1953 . He was selected as a Dyna Soar astronaut. With the end of the project in 1963 he became a test pilot of the X-15 program, for which he completed 14 flights. Thompson later moved to NASA , where he was Director of Research Projects at Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base , California . He remained chief developer there until his death.
Works
- Thompson, Milton O. (1992) At The Edge Of Space: The X-15 Flight Program , Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. ISBN 1-56098-107-5
- Thompson, Milton O. (1999) Flying Without Wings: NASA Lifting Bodies and the Birth of the Space Shuttle , Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. ISBN 978-1-56098-832-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Astronaut biography: Milton Thompson. spacefacts.de, August 30, 2009, accessed October 1, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thompson, Milton O. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thompson, Milton Orville (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut and test pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crookston, Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1993 |
| Place of death | Lancaster (California) |