X-15 Fl.77

USAF / NASA


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Launch vehicle X-15-3 Flight Nº: 14
Launch date - time 17 Jan 1963 - 18:59 UTC (from B-52)
Launch site Delamar Dry Lake
Airplane carier B-52
X-15 ID 3-14-24
Mass (kg)  kg
Mission Crewed suborbital test flight
Pilot Joseph Walker
Suborbital flight:
High Apogee 82.813 km
Max Speed 5.917 km/h
Landing date - time 17 Jan 1963 - 19:09 UTC
Landing location 
Flight duration 9m 24s

Walker before X-15. Photo credit: NASA


Mission Report:


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