Suborbital Spaceflights

X-15

Flight No. 191

USA

Launch and landing data

Launch date:  15.11.1967
Launch time:  18:30 UTC (from B-52)
Altitude:  81.1 km
Landing date:  15.11.1967
Landing time:  18:34 UTC
max. speed:  5.744 km/h

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Duration
1  Adams  Michael James "Mike"  Pilot 4m 51,4sec 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Adams

Flight

All X-15 pilots who reached an altitude of more than 80 kilometers or 50 miles earned the astronaut wings; Michael Adams died in the landing crash.

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Last update on April 21, 2008.