X-15 Fl.90

USAF / NASA


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Launch vehicle X-15-3 Flight Nº: 21
Launch date - time 19 Jul 1963 - 18:20 UTC (from B-52)
Launch site Smith Ranch Lake
Airplane carier B-52
X-15 ID 3-21-32
Mass (kg)  kg
Mission Crewed suborbital test flight
Pilot Joseph Walker
Suborbital flight:
High Apogee 105.9 km
Max Speed 5.969 km/h
Landing date - time 19 Jul 1963 - 18:31 UTC
Landing location 
Flight duration 11m 25s

Walker before X-15. Photo credit: NASA


Mission Report:


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