Launch Alert | Kinéis 21-25
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LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu Aug 22 1963
United States Air Force

Flight 91

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

North American X-15

Description:

The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

North American X-15 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Test Flight
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Pad

Edwards Air Force Base