X-15 flights

X-15

Flight No. 62

USA

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Launch and landing data

Launch date:  17.07.1962
Launch time:  17:30 UTC (from B-52)
Altitude:  95.9 km
Landing date:  17.07.1962
Landing time:  17:41 UTC
max. speed:  6.166 km/h

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Duration
1  White  Robert Michael  Pilot 10m 20,7sec 

Crew seating arrangement

1  White

Flight

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

Graphics / Photos

Robert White in X-15 no. 3 is taken aloft by NB-52A-003 at the beginning of the first astronaut qualification flight in the X-15 program.
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Last update on October 13, 2020.

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