USAF North American X-15 Flight 91

Name: USAF North American X-15 Flight 91
Start: 1963-08-22T18:05:57.000Z
Location: Edwards Air Force Base

North American X-15

Status

Success

Date

22 AUG 1963

18:05

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Edwards Air Force Base

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

North American X-15

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

15.47 m

Diameter

6.61 m

Launch Mass

15,195 T

Thrust

286 kN