X-15 Fl.91

USAF / NASA


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Launch vehicle X-15-3 Flight Nº: 22
Launch date - time 22 Aug 1963 - 18:06 UTC (from B-52)
Launch site Smith Ranch Lake
Airplane carier B-52
X-15 ID 3-22-36
Mass (kg)  kg
Mission Crewed suborbital test flight
Pilot Joseph Walker
Suborbital flight:
High Apogee 107.8 km
Max Speed 6.105 km/h
Landing date - time 22 Aug 1963 - 18:17 UTC
Landing location 
Flight duration 11m 09s

Walker before X-15. Photo credit: NASA


Mission Report:


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