X-15 Fl.138

USAF / NASA


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Launch vehicle X-15-3 Flight Nº: 44
Launch date - time 29 June 1965 - 18:21 UTC (from B-52)
Launch site Delamar Dry Lake
Airplane carier B-52
X-15 ID 3-44-67
Mass (kg)  kg
Mission Crewed suborbital test flight
Pilot Joe Engle
Suborbital flight:
High Apogee 85.526 km
Max Speed 5.522 km/h
Landing date - time 29 June 1965 - 18:32 UTC
Landing location 
Flight duration 10m 32s

Engle before X-15. Photo credit: NASA


Mission Report:


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