X-15 | Flight 90

X-15 | Flight 90

Edwards Air Force Base
Air launch to Suborbital flight

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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 90

Flight 90 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1963. It was the first of two X-15 missions that passed the 100-km high Kármán line.

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X-15-3


Serial 56-6672

Launch Crew Count 1

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1963-07-19T18:31:29+0000


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Crew

Joseph A. Walker

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1921-02-20

Deceased 1966-06-08

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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