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X-15 flights

Flight No. 91 USA X-15 patch
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Launch and landing data

Launch date: 22.08.1963 Launch time: 18:06UTC (from B-52) Altitude: 108.0 km Landing date: 22.08.1963 Landing time: 18:17UTC max. speed: 6.105 km/h
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Crew

No. Surname Given names Position Duration
1 Walker Joseph Albert Pilot 11m 08,6sec

Crew seating arrangement

1 Walker

Flight

All X-15 pilots who reached an altitude of more than 80 kilometers or 50 miles earned the astronaut wings.

Graphics / Photos

Ground personnel gather around Joe Walker in X-15 no. 3 soon after the landing of the fifth astronaut qualification flight in the X-15 program.
Joe Walker proudly stands by X-15 no. 3 after his record altitude flight on 22 August 1963. Joe Walker is greeted by Paul Bikle, the director of the X-15 program, after his record altitude flight on 22 August 1963. This was Walker's third and final astronaut qualification flight in the X-15, and was also his last flight in the program..
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