X-15 | Flight 91
Edwards Air Force Base
Air launch to Suborbital flight
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United States Air Force
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.
Flight 91
X-15 Flight 91 was a 1963 American crewed mission, and the second and final flight in the program to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight—a flight over 100 km in altitude. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program.
X-15-3
Serial 56-6672
Launch Crew Count 1
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1963-08-22T18:17:05+0000
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
Programs
X-15
Experimental hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft.
