X-15 | Flight 153

X-15 | Flight 153

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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

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Flight 153

Flight 153 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1965. Piloted by Joe H. Engle it reached an altitude of 81.1 km.

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X-15-1


Serial 56-6670

Launch Crew Count 1

Status Retired

Landing Time 1965-10-14T20:56:00+0000


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Crew

Joe Engle

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1932-08-26

Deceased 2024-07-10

Status Deceased

Type Government


North American X-15


Height 15.47 Meters

Max Stages 1

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 286 kN

Diameter 6.61 Meters

Mass To LEO 0 kg

Liftoff Mass 15195 Tonnes


Launch Success 12

Consecutive Success 1

Maiden Flight 1959-06-08

Launch Failures 1


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Programs

X-15

Experimental hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft.

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