Peter Siebold was born on 1971 and is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team.
13 Facts About Peter Siebold
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Peter Siebold is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the company.
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Peter Siebold has been a design engineer at Scaled Composites since 1996.
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Peter Siebold holds a degree in aerospace engineering from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, from 2001.
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Peter Siebold was responsible for the simulator, navigation system, and ground control system for the SpaceShipOne project at Scaled.
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Peter Siebold was the pilot who flew the White Knight Two on its maiden flight on December 21,2008.
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Peter Siebold won the Iven C Kincheloe Award a second time in 2009, this time individually, for his work on the first WhiteKnightTwo, VMS Eve, as chief test pilot.
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On October 31,2014, Peter Siebold was one of the two pilots flying the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise, along with Michael Alsbury, on a test flight, which suffered an anomaly, resulting in the death of Alsbury and loss of Enterprise.
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Peter Siebold's parachute deployed automatically at about 20,000 feet, and, after landing, he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Peter Siebold was unable to keep his eyes open and he did not open his right eye until emergency personnel arrived.
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Peter Siebold experienced a non-compound four-part fracture of his right humerus.
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Peter Siebold did not recall any bruising on his left side.
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Peter Siebold was diagnosed with corneal scratches and doctors removed a piece of fiberglass from his left eye during a hospital stay.